2 Jun
2013
2 Jun
'13
2:55 a.m.
On Sun, 2 Jun 2013, Jochen Kunz wrote:
On Sat, 1 Jun 2013 22:27:09 -0500 (CDT)
Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net> wrote:
Meh, I think not. I'm trying to cut down on the number of different
platforms I have to maintain, not add another. ippool also wouldn't really
be a suitable replacement for the way I use ipset, and the idea of trying
to use pf in place of ebtables and iptables for bridge-mode firewalling is
very unappealing. In fact, if I had to switch to something else, I'd
probably go with OpenBSD (which I already use for other stuff) over NetBSD
given OpenBSD's hardware support.
I plan to stick with Linux for most embedded applications, but the
widespread assumption by many userspace "developers" that everyone has 4GB
or 8GB of ram and a 2TB hard drive isn't helping anyone except help
hardware companies sell newer gear year after year.
Right now there seems to be a gap in the market for a Linux distribution
tailored for small/embedded systems which is also easy to maintain/update
with a halfway decent package management system. I have nothing against
pkgsrc, Ports, etc, but when you are dealing with lots of different
systems, and especially those with limited CPU/memory/storage, compiling
everything from scratch (as with Gentoo) just isn't a viable solution.
I'm looking more for what a Linux
distribution once was in the late
1990s, with full (advanced) networking support, plus normal network
services, and still have a small userspace footprint (and low memory
usage). A GUI is non-essential and for both space and security reasons
(note all the recent X and X-libraries security bulletins) and I'd
prefer to be able to leave it out completely in many applications.
What you are looking for is NetBSD.
\begin{troll}
NetBSD is the reference implementation of The Unix Paradigm.
Linux used to be a free Unix for Unix enthusiasts.
Today it is a bad Windows (MacOS X) surrugate for point and drool lusers.
\end{troll}
;-)