On 8/1/06, Hector Martin [PIClist] <hector+piclist@marcansoft.com> wrote:
> A router distro is waaay too limited - they are usually targetted at
> very small systems that run from a floppy disk. Go with one of the
> full-blown distros. Best would be a server-capable distro that is fairly
> modular, so that you can install only what you need.

Thanks for the advice everyone. I just wanted to point out that I'm
not looking to use a router distro for this purpose...I was just
curious if anyone had made a purpose built file/print share distro,
_similar_ to what has been done in the router world.

Oh, and to answer Howard, I do want to move them in the direction of
using purpose built hardware to do this task. At the moment I think
time is greater than money, but I will hopefully be able to weasel
some money for hardware. It might have to go towards a VPN compatible
router though.

Thanks!

Josh
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