Hi, Over the comming months I am starting a "teach-your-self" program. I am learning more of linux than just a desktop. I have a small lan at home for my wife, daughters and myself. The three of them use WinXP, and I have a desktop of myown running stable and a file server for all of us, also running stable.
I now have come by two old machines that I want to employ, but before I throw mt self at it, I want to know if they are up to the task, and also if they are, will they likley remain suitable for the tasks as new versions of software are released 1: I have a 133MHz pentium, 1Gb disk and 32Mb ram. I want to use this as a firewall. 2: Also an 400MHz AMD K6-2, 6Gb disk and 80Mb ram. This is to be a name server and an email server Neither of them will have X on them, so what I need to know is; a: they are not up to the tasks b: they are just up to the tasks c: they are easily up to the tasks If the answer is a: or b:, what could be done to improve the situation. Asking a lot in a single message, but I dont want to start then find that they just won't do the job(s) Thank Keith -- ________________________________________________________________________ Keith O'Connell Maidstone, Kent (UK) [EMAIL PROTECTED]