[Linux4christians] Setting up Squid on Kubuntu

[David Hawke]

Michael Hipp wrote:
>> From: "Matthew Lewis" <matthewhse at gmail.com>
>>
>> Okay - thanks everyone for their advice so far.  I'm looking into getting a 
>> cheap barebones system for the sole purpose of acting as a proxy to about 
>> six computers (only four of which will ever be used at the same time).  What 
>>   kind of hardware specs am I looking for to get a system like this as 
>> cheaply as possible?  It will obviously need to run 24/7 for months on end, 
>> and I'll want a desktop environment for it just in case I ever actually have 
>> to use it for anything else.  Usually its only task will be to act as a 
>> proxy.  I'd like it to run cool and *quiet*.  It doesn't have to be all that 
>> fast since the load should typically be fairly low.
>>     
>
> If glorious silence is a goal, you might want to spend some time here:
>   http://www.silentpcreview.com/
>
> Especially:
>   http://www.silentpcreview.com/section5.html
>
>   
or ...
find yourself an older desktop system - eg HP small form factor systems
or an older Vectra VL - they are almost silent (actually anything
designed for the office environment is usually almost silent). Load it
with you favourite firewall or a home grown install (I favour the latter
based on Gentoo for control) and away you go.

PII 400 / 64Mb RAM is more than sufficient - it can cope with much more
traffice than that.

David H
> Michael
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