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Subject: Re: Suggestions for OS to use behind freebsd pf firewalls.
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Quoting Mehul Ved <mehul.n.ved@gmail.com>:

> On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 7:15 AM, eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> wrote:
>>  My problem is that I haven't done a linux install since before
>>  FreeBSD 2.2 IIRC and have no idea which version would be the most
>>  versatile and has an installer that is basically brain dead simple
>>  with most all drivers.  I suspect that I am asking the impossible but
>>  you never know.
>
> Maybe PC-BSD or Sabayon Linux. Sabayon is based on gentoo and contains
> lots of proprietory drivers built in. So, if you have no problem  
> with that maybe
> you could look at Sabayon Linux too.

I've never heard of Sabayon but will definitely give it a shot on my  
laptop first and take a good look at the licensing.

I really like the idea of PC-BSD but the Flash thing, holds me back a bit.

ed