[GRLUG] tiny vm

[Godwin]

I second that (Debian easy install).  I too downloaded the business cd
image and installed both a VM and my home file server (soon to
"hopefully" become a RADIUS server for my wifi).  I unchecked
everything from the install options.  I mean, everything, from the
home box, then apt-get'ed what I wanted (samba, etc).

It could only have been easier if someone else had done it for me.
;-)  What kind of VPN technology does your work use?  Most use
PPTP/L2TP for Winderz users' built-in client.  The Gnome Network
Manager allows you to setup a PPTP based vpn in no time flat.  Just
install:

network-manager-gnome
network-manager-openvpn
network-manager-vpnc

and it will grab dependencies.  Use only MSCHAPv2 and strong
encryption because PPTP is easily crackable otherwise.  If IPSec
based, then a manual config of openswan is a cinch as well.  I've done
several... (never behind another router/firewall though).

Use "hamachi" on your home linux box and your work Winderz PC and you
can securely VNC into your linux Gnome desktop easier than you can
spit upwards.  Now, why you'd want to spit upwards - I dunno.  But,
you gotta admit is easy.  ;-)

post what you find/decide.

cheers,
G-


On 6/19/07, Greg Folkert <greg at gregfolkert.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 10:25 -0400, Topher wrote:
> > I have a need, and I want to resolve it in a specific way, mostly for the
> > learning involved.
> >
> > I have an XP box at home for my kids to play on. I want to install a Linux
> > VM on it, probably with vmplayer.  This Linux VM needs to do 2 things: get
> > on my work vpn, and let me ssh in and out.
> >
> > I'm pretty open about what distro, but I want something that lets me
> > (during install) trim just about everything.  Ubuntu doesn't I don't
> > think, and the last time I installed Debian it was a hellish experience.
>
> Ubuntu's "Alternate" install disk is a typical install disk like other
> distro's provide. The "regular" Ubuntu disk is a liveCD with install and
> limited options. The alternate disk allows any number of changes to what
> you want. Including a "base" install only. Last I check, was about
> 300MB.
>
> Just when was your last attempt at a Debian install? Especially in a VM
> Debian is totally a cinch to install.
>
> I downloaded the 32MB business card iso and installed a new Etch install
> in about 28 minutes on my Athlon XP2500+. Including the "standard
> system" and ssh-server and headers to compile the cisco vpn stuff for
> Linux.
>
> I chose 64MB for Memory, 1GB for disk space. Runs just fine. 440MB
> installed size. This for a base install with compilers and so on for
> compiling against the headers.
>
> 234 packages installed (considering how modular most Debian packages are
> and that meta-packages are used for things like "the latest kernel
> stuff" (linux-image-2.6-k7 and linux-headers-2.6-k7 are just two), ssh
> is split into 2 packages not including -dev packages.
>
> If I had unchecked "Standard System" it would have brought the totals
> down by half. But then things like "less" or "locate" would not have
> been installed. Small creature comforts many of us have become used to
> *having* on systems.
>
> > Fedora lets you cut out just about everything, and I've used it, so I'm
> > thinking about going that route.
>
> Fedora lets you not install a kitchen sink install. Debian has done a
> base install by default since near its inception. Then it lets you do
> additions or you can check options. Even then
>
> > Do any of the micro-distros let you pick and choose packages during
> > install?
>
> Does it matter?
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