From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 2 02:00:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B283106566B for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2008 02:00:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from schiz0phrenic21@gmail.com) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEE3F8FC1C for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2008 02:00:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from schiz0phrenic21@gmail.com) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n40so2635719gve.39 for ; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:00:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=l54WBLD29m5d+XtKchCQBC0CyATYYJvuu2kNtkZDZe8=; b=Nz+O5Lu9Orjkj4urgndDFVVRhaLrMqx856WqUA9NrWYq/hWAhZ4R8lo7JCs6iMUe6QKg1JrYHIYAZrcM8KiAIw0XmILjJ+5N3h0IiOCba4XXzJMvrvOnGEGiZyIJVn+GpNAelbu3OhFNlqlr697aJTYsz+evhnlt6mSAqUNWkpQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=PUF61hM0DCNcFfZ2S4Qg1QmZcflGm1d4QxVOAznijxaFbk7XNJu4KSBNfwjIlqUERR1cbHyz9dRhIuAXoFd4/36ju6YC5qvxSy8x6DqZzfQQ0n5L/RXJCIScD54S1mNeG5pobBF31VFd4/uw/KbcNxA/QXK1SjF/3pwz6KO/u4U= Received: by 10.115.94.1 with SMTP id w1mr3690475wal.85.1204423232031; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:00:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.13.16 with HTTP; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 18:00:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8d23ec860803011800q21947eeejffb0f7cb847d93e6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 21:00:32 -0500 From: Schiz0 To: eculp In-Reply-To: <20080301194514.93686v93heexups0@intranet.encontacto.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080301194514.93686v93heexups0@intranet.encontacto.net> Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Suggestions for OS to use behind freebsd pf firewalls. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:00:35 -0000 On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 8:45 PM, eculp wrote: > I have installed freebsd server in a small company that has approx 30 > pc's of all sizes, shapes, brands, etc. They have just realized that > a large part of the problems that they had before the firewall was > caused by the 30 windows pc's that were connected directly to the > ISP's wireless router. They would like to change the PC's to unix > desktops. > > I would like to install FreeBSD or any other bsd but don't feel that > we have the drivers available to substitute such a wide variety of > hardware. I would love to be proven wrong. Therefore I am > considering a linux version with a graphic installer that will make it > easier to train someone to install on any new machines that they add > later. 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. > > I'm sure that I'm not the only person to run into this situation and I > would sure appreciate any suggestions. > > Thanks, > > ed Ubuntu Linux. It's very windows-users friendly, and has a graphical installer. It's based on Debian Linux. It also is a LiveCD, so you can test hardware before actually installing it to the HDD.