From: Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com   
      
   On Sun, 22 Jan 2023 10:40:21 +0000, greymaus wrote:   
      
   > On 2023-01-22, Henrik Carlqvist  wrote:   
   >> But no, if you are using Slackware as a base to build a more or less   
   >> embedded product serving some kind of specific purpose like a   
   >> LAMP-server or DNS-server for users and administrators in a network not   
   >> willing or capable of learning Unix, webmin might be a good choice to   
   >> manage that product.   
   >>   
   >> regards Henrik   
   >   
   > It seems to me that you would be happier with Windows   
      
   No, I would say that Linux is a better choice for embedded systems, for   
   example a raspberry pi running without any monitor or keyboard connected   
   and only network interfaces left to manage the device.   
      
   Consider such a thing as a smart network switch or a router. On such a   
   device you will be able to configure things like IP address, time   
   servers, DNS servers and possibly also local user accounts or connection   
   to network catalog service like ldap or radius. These things do not have   
   any ports to connect monitor or keyboard, but mostly they are possible to   
   configure using a web interface. Sometimes they are possible to configure   
   using a command line interface very different from a typical linux bash   
   environment, that command line interface is then usually accessed using a   
   serial port or possibly ssh.   
      
   Do you know of any such a device (network switch or router) that is   
   powered by Windows? I can point you to a number of such products running   
   Linux out of the box and third party Linux distributions intended to   
   replace the firmware of such products.   
      
   regards Henrik   
      
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