On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 05:50:43 -0800, Charles R. Buchanan wrote: >There's getting/acquiring the computer. Then there's getting a monitor for >it. If the computer has a NIC, it will probably have only one, if any at >all. So have to buy at least one. Then comes the fun part. <eg> > >Unless one has time to kill, you have to deal with the learning curve >because Linux isn't exactly the most user friendly OS to install. If you >manage to get it installed, still have the tweaking to do to get it just >right. But that can be said with all OS'es though. (A version of) Clavister Firewall comes on flopp disk, from it boots and runs. No need for a hd for this one. Supposedly Clavister is good, never ran it myself though, although I hear it's one of the really best software firewalls avavilable. BW, Sorin # Sorin Srbu, Systems Engineer Web: http://www.farmaci.uu.se # Dept of Medicinal Chemistry, Phone: +46-18-4714482 >> 5 signals >> GSM # Div of Org Pharm Chem, Mobile Phone: +46-701-718023 # BMC, Box 574, Uppsala University Fax: +46-18-471-4474 # SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden Visit: BMC, Husargatan 3, D5:512b # # Public PGP key available on request. ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm