[Derry] Re: Derry digest, Vol 1 #16 - 2 msgs

[Peter McEvoy]

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On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 07:00:51PM +0000, Garvin Haslett wrote:
> There's no firewall that I can see but then again I'm not overly competen=
t at=20
> this sort of thing.  What command will confirm if there is a firewall=20
> installed?

iptables -L should show any firewall rules running.

Regarding your question about distros, you cant easily convert one
distro to another, its usually better to do a fresh install, there can
be subtle differences in the layout of the filesystem between distros,
and very big differences between the versions of software and packaging
systems used.=20
I like debian because you can type "apt-get install nmap", for example,
and it will grab a copy of nmap and any dependant packages from the net,
install it and, in some cases, offer a simple interface for
configuration of that package (debconf). People say the installation and
configuration of debian is a tough hurdle but the install guide at
debian.org is very good, and if you apt-get install discover read-edid &
mdetect it will have a good go at detecting and installing your devices
and configuring X.
At the end of the day its horses for courses, if you're happy with
mandrake stick with it. :)
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Pete

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