Doofus writes: > Well, I didn't understand John's closing sentence at all and still don't, > unless the reference to upgrading linux to debian was tongue-in-cheek > humour.
Some appliance routers run customized versions of Linux (usually on an ARM cpu). I was suggesting upgrading such things to Debian. > He seems to be saying "put the router you've shelled out for into zero-IP > bridge mode... I was suggesting doing that with modem/firewall combinations such as the Netopia I have here (supplied by CenturyTel). Its "firewall" crashes when poked with nmap. > Admiration for your personally preferred hardware/OS/software is one > thing (isn't this one of the joys of open source?). Downright blind > obsession and weird ideas about political correctness in these matters is > quite another. Politics has nothing to do with it. The fact is that the closed-source software in consumer-grade products is crap more often than not. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
