Re: OpenBSD usefulness as laptop workstation

[Jd <jd_(_at_)_jackdan_(_dot_)_net>]

Richard Welty wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:23:43 -0600 "dreamwvr_(_at_)_dreamwvr_(_dot_)_com" <dreamwvr_(_at_)_dreamwvr_(_dot_)_com> wrote:
>  
>
> > The only down side is the
> > number of keyboards one goes thru as a natural course. Some say 
> > well just use a full size keyboard. Well that sort of defeats the
> > purpose. (This is what the workstations as for. Since its becomes
> > much less mobile. For me anyhow.)
> >    
>
> i think that the keyboard advice is good, for specific cases that turn out
> to be fairly common.
>
> my toshiba (a 2805-S302) is my full time system. when it is on my desk, i
> use a separate keyboard and monitor, and when i travel, i used the built in
> hardware. 2 years, and the only thing that's crapped out is the cd rom
> drive.
>
> i do use an external trackball at all times, on the road or in the office.
>
> i suspect a lot of folks are in this situation.
>
> richard
> --
> Richard Welty                                         rwelty_(_at_)_averillpark_(_dot_)_net
> Averill Park Networking                                         518-573-7592
>              Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security
>
>  
Eumh, all this talk about using a laptop as a firewall made me get my 
old laptop out of the closet.  My question is, is 16mb of ram enough for 
a firewall?  Of course i woudln't run X on the machine...it would only 
serve as a firewall. 

Thanks,
           JD


P.S.  Damn, when will 3.3 be available on the net? I can't wait to try 
it out...