From: Mike '/m' 

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 02:10:55 +0000, Adam Flinton
 wrote:

>Mike '/m' wrote:
>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:50:20 -0500, "Geo"
 wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>>>news:bdelv0pgln9dq4ch6qb27dtdvhmof94q15{at}4ax.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>You asked Geo., but I'll chime in that I have started a
move toward Linux
>>>
>>>and
>>>
>>>>OS-X.
>>>
>>>Linux has a lot of problems with distributions ending abruptly
because the
>>>person behind that particular distribution decided to move on (or died).
>>>
>>>I look at Knoppix which I really like but if Klaus decided
tomorrow that he
>>>had enough, I'd be in exactly the same position I am with NT4
boxes. (maybe
>>>a little better because I'd have the source but you get the idea)
>>
>>
>> Some of the more fringe distributions have that problem, but I don't use
those
>> distributions.  There are enough mainstream distributions that will be
around
>> for a while that I'm not oncerned.  Besides, I have found it fairly easy to
>> move apps from Linux to FreeBSD to OpenBSD.  The only difficulty has been
>> getting Postifx to run on WIndows.
>>
>>  /m
>>
>Why not netBSD? I like the bsd nat & firewalling. Esp given that IPSec &
>linux don't quite agree yet (& I have problems with putting it into the
>kernel).
>
>Use Native IPSec, on linux, put in a braindead config & voila instant
>goodbye.
>
>Also I like to be able to monitor nat traffic...


Why not NetBSD?  Well, I just never got around to it. :-)  I use OpenBSD
for my home DSL firewall and routing.  I use FreeBSD for my server colo'd
in a data center up in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  And I am looking towards
Linux for desktops and notebooks.

  /m

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