One Step Back...but Two Steps Forward?

After a cumulative 16 hours of research, installation problems, and frustration, it was decided by the group that the Unslung firmware was too lacking in functionality to provide the features that we desired. As such, we have turned our sights to a potentially better firmware called Debian. Though it took another 5-6 hours of installation problems, it was finally installed onto the NSLU. Potential improvements over the Unslung firmware include Devian's better functionality, its many useful packages (in respect to webcams), and its various resources on the Internet in the form of tutorials, FAQs, and online posts. Potential drawbacks include its noticeably larger memory usage and its complexity. Already we have discovered that we may need SQL to use some of its features, a language we are not too familiar with.