Re: (OT?): Operating Systems

Since you didn't ask specifically for Linux distro (although it may be implied), I would point towards OpenBSD as well. If you are interested in security, it might be an intersting distro to play around for building firewalls¹ and the like.

¹I have two running at home on minimal hardware. One SMB / Web Proxy / internal DNS / jack of all trades server and one external facing firewall. Both have been very reliable.

--MidLifeXis

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Re^2: (OT?): Operating Systems by Andrew_Levenson (Hermit) on Dec 13, 2006 at 19:18 UTC
You're right, i'm not asking specifically for a Linux distro. What I really want to find is a non-windows (my XP box _literally_ took its own life, funny story) OS (preferably in C, so I can learn to toy with it) in which I won't necessarily need the GUI running at all so I can learn to get used to using a shell. And, it may be stupid to specify this, but it'd be very nice if it were secure, fast and stable. Is that a lot to ask for, or does that leave a lot of narrowing down to do? `C(qw/74 97 104 112/);sub C{while(@_){$c**=$C;print (map{chr($C!=$c?shift:pop)}$_),$C+=@_%2!=1?1:0}}` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: (OT?): Operating Systems by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Dec 13, 2006 at 19:32 UTC
If secure, fast, and stable are your requirements, OpenBSD would definitely meet your requirements. Easy to set up -- I would not call it "easy", but rather "not difficult". ObHistory - OpenBSD is based more on the BSD Unix family, and Linux follows (well, sort of) the SysV style of Unix. --MidLifeXis	[reply]
Re^4: (OT?): Operating Systems by Andrew_Levenson (Hermit) on Dec 13, 2006 at 19:44 UTC
Is it easy to toy with? Like, is the source readily accessible so I can make changes to the system as I learn how? `C(qw/74 97 104 112/);sub C{while(@_){$c**=$C;print (map{chr($C!=$c?shift:pop)}$_),$C+=@_%2!=1?1:0}}` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: (OT?): Operating Systems by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Dec 19, 2006 at 18:20 UTC
Re^5: (OT?): Operating Systems by OfficeLinebacker (Chaplain) on Dec 14, 2006 at 01:31 UTC
Re^6: (OT?): Operating Systems by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Dec 19, 2006 at 18:26 UTC
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