[NBLUG/talk] Inexpensive Box for Trusix?

[Walter Hansen]

I'm not real familar with Trustix, but I picked up a couple pIII 500+ at
HSC a couple weeks ago for less than $100 each. There's other avenues for
used ones also. I'm not sure what you need, but sounds like a pIII is more
than enough for what you want to do. I'd just get a nice used system for
cheap and put it up. I've got a Pentium Pro 150 acting as router, file
server, web server and database server on 128megs of memory. I plan on
replaceing it with something faster sometime, but it's worked great for
years.

> 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!
> --
>
> John J. Nouveaux        Partner, Nouveaux Solutions
>
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