[Techtalk] how small will Gentoo go?

[Carla Schroder]

hey all,

How small can you make a Gentoo installation? I want to roll my own 
firewall/WAP/router Linux, and I want it to be as small as possible, and to 
be easily customizable and upgradeable. Which sounds like Gentoo. Pyramid 
Linux, Pebble, and other WAP Linuxes weigh in from 50-128 megabytes. How does 
Gentoo compare? Here's a sample feature list:

-iptables
-openvpn
-support only for installed devices
-openssh
-stunnel
-dnsmasq
-maybe some kind of public WAP frontend like Wifidog or nocatauth
-ntpd
-the usual gnu tools and essential system administration tools, perhaps some 
net tools

thanks!
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