Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:14:53 +1000 From: Q <q_dolan@yahoo.com.au> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop? Message-ID: <1074658318.932.6.camel@boxster> In-Reply-To: <20040120223640.GB39542@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20040120223640.GB39542@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 08:36, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > Hi all, > > I haven't used my infamous Toshiba Satellite with FreeBSD 4.8 very much > since I got my desktop system with a flatscreen. I'm trying to think of > something interesting to do with it now. I don't really need a separate > firewall, and it doesn't make sense to use it as a fileserver. With a ppp > connection, it couldn't easily be a webserver either. > > Any ideas on something interesting to use it for? Maybe some kind of > learning experience? I had a similar desktop machine collecting dust, and I set it up as a transparent proxy/content filter using ipfw + squid + squidguard (and recently frox). Makes browsing a lot faster on slower connections. Seeya...Q
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