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Linux Router Project Dead

Posted by timothy on from the hand-of-fate dept.

An anonymous reader submits: "The Linux Router Project is no more. This single-floppy distro was a great tool for building a number of simple super-low-cost network devices. The maintainer has a lot of bitter words about its demise, and it is sad to see it go."

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  1. This doesn't really surprise me... by cscx · · Score: 2, Redundant

    With the price of PC components dropping so rapidly, and how much Linux's iptables absolutely blows as a firewall compared to, say, OpenBSD's pf, this was a sure thing destined to fail.

    Just think about this for a moment -- "single floppy distro." You take one of the most unreliable forms of disk media, the floppy disc, and expect it to run something continuously and reliably, such as a firewall/router. You can easily build a PC for $50, put BSD on it (which by the way is easier to install than Debian and easier to configure than iptables), and spend your time doing something more useful, like partying with girls instead of configing your firewall.