[NBLUG/talk] Inexpensive Box for Trusix?

[John Nouveaux]

I'm looking for the collective wisdom of the list.

I'm replacing and old and dying x86 box with a new one. My intention 
is to load Trustix and have it serve as my home office firewall. I'm 
interested in inexpensive as, from what I've seen, the specs on 
pretty much everything out there are more than enough to drive my 
simple Trustix firewall.

Short of building my own box (I'm not sure I want to go that route, 
but could be talked into it, I suppose), I'm looking for a low-end 
box *without* Windows pre-loaded (I have no interest in sending a 
nickel Redmond's way when I'm going to load Trustix on first power-on 
-- well I have no interest in sending a nickel Redmond's way period, 
but that's another story!).

In my "research" so far I've run across the following:

Dell Dimension 2400n (stripped down @ $319+ destination, dealer prep, etc.)
HP Compaq dx2000 Microtower Linux (stripped down @ $318+)

The Dell looks a bit better in raw specs.

Any other ob- or non-obvious choices I should be considering?

Thanks!
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John J. Nouveaux        Partner, Nouveaux Solutions

Macintosh Consulting, Technical Trainer
SCSA, ACHDS, APP, VCP, ACN Member, NCMUG Board of Directors