Off Topic: Probably Get Moved, Locked, Or Deleted!

bjpatrick · #1 23rd December 2009, 01:11 AM

What are you folks currently partaking upon with an x86 installation? This individual use to possess a quite nice Linux/Windows/Cisco home network until the "Great Recession" ended an I.T. career. So, after just another Ohio State graduation within economics and building another Linux PC. This individual has been able to partake within Geek Activites" once again. The reality of not possessing a Unix based operating system while attending Ohio State and only possessing computer access referencing Ohio State's labs and libraries was just torture for this individual considering a locked down version of Windows XP was only prevalent. (The home network died from selling Cisco equipment, selling an additional PC, throwing away old hardware thinking a new job would replace hardware, and a RAM smoulder/fire.)

SO!

Without another computer to install a firewall and file server upon the same PC for fun behind a Cisco (Linksys) wireles router. And this individual comprehends that combining the two entities of firewall/file server upon the same PC represents a security professionals nightmare. A current Fedora 11 installation is becoming a little boring since all aspects needed are properly configured.

Are you folks doing anything fun configuring a Fedora X86 installation? The current PC built has been wonderful considering the hardware obtained from Newegg just produced the environment needed and the current PC will probably be demoted to a home server in the future.

There are thoughts of installing Sun's Virtualbox and playing with FreeBSD even though there are dilemmas with the operating system emulated within Virtualbox.

Happy Early Christmas To All!

* Super Mario Galaxy has been tedious and this individual needed a break which probably represents the reasoning for this post since television is boring and unproductive.

***bob*** · #2 23rd December 2009, 01:35 AM

Thread Moved, Locked & Deleted.

And a Merry Xmas to you too!

JN4OldSchool · #3 23rd December 2009, 02:34 AM

Was that individual asking what this individual is partaking of on his computer system? If so then this individual must answer that he is partaking of his new Windows 7 Ultimate operating system at the moment, but being only 32 bit it would probably not excite that individual who seems bored with his Fedora 11 32 bit install. If it is a 64 bit operating system he seeks then maybe Fedora 12 64 bit would light his fire? If so then this individual is honored to mention it to that individual whom he hopes will take his suggestion appreciatively.

Merry Christmas to you also!!!

Yes, Super Mario Galaxy does sound tedious. This individual suggests inviting over some friends for a round of nude twister. One never knows how much fun they can have!

scottro · #4 23rd December 2009, 02:39 AM

As I think you see, Bob is kidding. (Though we haven't gotten too far off topic yet.)

Just a For What It's Worth comment, that may or may not affect you (and your BSD decision)....

I've found that even on a quad core with 8 GB of RAM, giving a VirtualBox FreeBSD machine 4 GB of RAM and a dual processor, buildworld took over 3 hours. (On the same machine, when loaded directly on the machine, buildworld took about 20 minutes.) VirtualBox, however, is handy for playing with various and sundry--for example, if Distrowatch mentions something that sounds interesting, I can download the ISO and boot the VM from it.

Really, for most of the binary distros, VBox (short for VirtualBox--I'm sure you realize that but in the past, others have asked what was meant by it), is a great tool. Just not the best, at least in my experience, for something like FreeBSD which can involve a reasonable amount of compiling.

That is not to discourage you from playing with FreeBSD, simply a mention that you might be surprised at the slowness. On the other hand, you're talking an x86, while this is an x86_64--who knows, maybe it's better with x86.

OpenBSD, which encourages you to use packages rather than ports, might even be a better choice. (I don't know the reasons you have for considering FreeBSD--if it's simply an O/S that you really like, then go for it, but if you just want to get a feeling for the BSD's in general, then Open *might* be a better choice.)

#5 23rd December 2009, 02:41 AM

If you are bored play with the different software available for your router, like dd-wrt or tomato They can really unlock the "cisco" /linksys type routers.

EDIT: Merry Christmas

scottro · #6 23rd December 2009, 02:49 AM

They can also completely brick it, so be careful if you do that.

stoat · #7 23rd December 2009, 03:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjpatrick

A current Fedora 11 installation is becoming a little boring since all aspects needed are properly configured.

Well, you're not doing it right. Every six months a new version is released, and everything is properly broken again. You skipped a version and missed out on that.

forkbomb · #8 23rd December 2009, 04:42 AM

You know what's an adrenaline rush if you need it?

64-bit Gentoo on with ~amd64 unmasked.

bjpatrick · #9 23rd December 2009, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kyryder

If you are bored play with the different software available for your router, like dd-wrt or tomato They can really unlock the "cisco" /linksys type routers.

EDIT: Merry Christmas

Oh, No! This individual won't even over clock a processor considering manufacturer specifications have tested the hardware for the optimal and safest operating parameters.

Q: Geentoo within Virtual Box??
A: Could be interesting! Very, Very Interesting!