Re: Debian Newbie looking for Usefull Tools
Phillipus Gunawan <mr_phillipus@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Im a newbie at debian, just installing debian 31r0a from a DVD. I got an ADSL connection with a crappy modem. Anyhow, I want to make a box that can do:
> - Firewall (I was looking at ://www.turtlefirewall.com)
Shorewall. No GUI, but very powerful and not that hard to set up. There
is a nice tutorial on the web, I can look for the link if you are
interested
> I heard that Webmin (www.webmin.com) is a tool that combine a few debian pacakages so easier to manage them. Any suggestion?
>
> Thank you in advance for any reply,
>
> Phillipus
The next release of Debian will *not* include Webmin. Unless you plan
to stick with 3.1 (sarge) even after the release of 4.0 (etch), you
will have to compile it yourself.
If you're going to do a lot of admin on linux it is recommended to
learn the command-line tools. There's a lot to learn in the beginning,
but the results are more than rewarding. Especially if you have some
failure (ex. hardware).
HTH
Andrei
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