Suggestions for OS to use behind freebsd pf firewalls.
eculp
eculp at encontacto.net
Sun Mar 2 12:29:22 UTC 2008
Quoting Predrag Punosevac <punosevac at math.arizona.edu>:
> eculp wrote:
>> I have installed freebsd server in a small company that has approx
>> 30 pc's of all sizes, shapes, brands, etc. They have just realized
>> that a large part of the problems that they had before the firewall
>> was caused by the 30 windows pc's that were connected directly to
>> the ISP's wireless router. They would like to change the PC's to
>> unix desktops.
>>
>> I would like to install FreeBSD or any other bsd but don't feel
>> that we have the drivers available to substitute such a wide
>> variety of hardware. I would love to be proven wrong. Therefore I
>> am considering a linux version with a graphic installer that will
>> make it easier to train someone to install on any new machines that
>> they add later. My problem is that I haven't done a linux install
>> since before FreeBSD 2.2 IIRC and have no idea which version would
>> be the most versatile and has an installer that is basically brain
>> dead simple with most all drivers. I suspect that I am asking the
>> impossible but you never know.
>>
>> I'm sure that I'm not the only person to run into this situation
>> and I would sure appreciate any suggestions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> ed
> PC-BSD would be a good choice but stay away from PBI. You may try
> also DesktopBSD, TrueBSD, or RoFreeSBIE.
>
Something like the above would be my choice except for potential
driver availability and FLASH9 that hold me back. I've not looked at
TrueBSD or ROFreeSBIE although I have used FreeSBIE 6.0 IIRC.
Thanks,
ed
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