[cctalk] Old UNIX Systems

On Sun, 2 Jun 2013, Jochen Kunz 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.