From: Gary Britt 

What about using Linspire which is built on Ubuntu but configured for easy
downloading and installing of programs?

Not appropriate for servers?

Gary

Robert Comer wrote:
>> 1. What did you hate about Ubuntu server?
>
> No ability to add anything during the install, you end up with a very
> minimal system and you just have to know how to download and install
> more.  I prefer that to be done at install time, less confusion and
> looking up things on the web.
>
>> 2. (Blushing in ignorance) A bridge server is a cross-trust thing between
two
>> domains?  Or is this a software substitute for a $20 router in bridging mode
>> (g)?
>> Something to do with sharing DNS for two segments?  A segment and VPN users?
>
> Not at all in this case, it's a network (TCP) bridge to route traffic
> between LAN's and subnets.
>
> A $20 router can't do more than 2 subnets and it sure as heck can't do
> token ring LAN's.
>
>> (Actually I'm wondering what those mostly-benign, automatically-created,
>> seldom-useful "software bridges" between adapters do in NT.)
>
> It's kind of the same thing, but between more than 2 connections.  the
> routing gets kind of hairy if you don't know what you're doing.
>

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