BSDVault Interviews Rick Collette of EkkoBSD 72
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BSDVault Interviews Rick Collette of EkkoBSD
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Hogwash, and Trolls. (Score:2, Insightful)
quick summary (Score:5, Informative)
ekkoBSD is OpenBSD with an as yet unwritten web front end to the config files.
Good luck to them but I can't help thinking
"quick, set up a bit torrent mirror before it gets
Re:3 visible posts? (Score:1, Offtopic)
This has got to be the least-cared-about story on Slashdot, ever. =)
Yes it looks like it. ekkoBSD might be more interesting is if we had a nice phrase to go with it (like how portability goes with netbsd and so forth... we even know dfbsd aims to be high performance). We still don't -know- what ekkoBSD is for. My best guess right now is quick setup.
Of course, having a nice phrase, motto, whatever isn't a guarentee to stardom.
Web site link (Score:4, Informative)
From the neglected-to-be-mentioned web site [ekkobsd.org]:
What is it?
The goal of the ekkoBSD project is to provide a safe, secure, and simple to administer network operating system. This will be accomplished in a democratic manner, with a well-defined hierarchy, and an eye towards new ways of thinking.
The Operating System
ekkoBSD as a core OS offers security, stability, and flexibility to your infrastructure. As a default installation, ekkoBSD gives you an E-Mail server, Web Server, ssh, and several other services that would normally need to be added and secured.
Single Servers
A concept that has been with ekkoBSD since it's beginning are the implementations of "Single Servers". These are much like the single-floppy firewalls, rescue discs, etc. found within PicoBSD. ekkoBSD/TF is a single server example of a transparent nat firewall on a single floppy, hard disk, or CD.
Re:ATTENTION MODERATORS (Score:1, Offtopic)
You think moderation should be based on the poster's choice of username? That would certainly simplify the moderation interface, people with mod points could just be given a list of today's sign ups to score.
Of course, since you chose to be `Anonymous Coward' you'd get -1000000 on every post.
I think you may have forgotten to engage brain before posting.
Re:bsd problems, please take note (Score:2, Informative)
On the more serious side, there could be a few reasons (likely a combination). Your disk could be slow, dying, or both. You partitioned stupidly, or at least in a way that is not as good as it could be. Your filesystem could be mounted with the wrong options (perhaps a bug in the installer?). You might want to patch for softupdates in your filesystem (you are using a BSD UFS right?), or enable it because it is likely there.
You also mig
Who modded this Interesting? (Score:1, Offtopic)
Re:bsd problems, please take note (Score:2, Insightful)
I think you need to check your facts again. Did you just actually say "Cheaper"? Oh you make me laugh. (The "faster" and "stable" comments are even funnier.)
See NetCraft [netcraft.com] For proof of what is more stable.
Just because you're unable to comprehend how to utilize BSD, doesn't in any way lesser it's value, to anyone but you. All the same, if s