Best distro for K6-2 400 256mb

[bobcrotch]

Well for now untill i can find some matching P3s for my dualy rig i'm stuck with old hardware. I currently have fedora loaded on this machine wich is way overkill. I'm still somewhat of a n00b when it comes to linux but what i've learned is that i don't really need a GUI to run IPtables and NAT. I've been hearing a lot about gentoo and how you basicly custom tailor it for your machine. Would this be a good solution to optomize for this 'commodity hardware' ?

I was thinking also about running smoothwall but i'm still in my learning process. So i would rather learn IPtables and such before i deploy something thats somewhat simple as smoothwall.

 

[deuce868]

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Gentoo might work out if you are interested in learning about it and want to use it on another system later. If you just want to get a system up without a gui to run as a firewall, give debian a look.

 

[bobcrotch]

Ok debian you say eh? I obviously know about it but never used it. So whats the big deal with gentoo anyhow?

 

[nonsequitur]

i use gentoo, and i've never used debian, so i can't really say if one is better than the other.

i have a router box now that was set-up with gentoo, and it wasn't too hard once i started reading up on it instead of guessing. i was using shorewall and that has to be one of the greatest things since sliced bread, but i needed more functionality than what was included (i.e. have it be a usable computer).