Which *nix would be a good choice for a standalone (slimserver) server? The only one I'm (slightly) familiar with is FC, but quite a few people seem to be running FreeBSD.
Go for FC (I guess this Fedora Core?). Slimserver is available as RPM file, but afaik there are no packages for FreeBSD.
I'm assuming the server doesn't need to run X and would be remotely administered using ssh; would it be better to transfer music across via ftp (or something), rather than using samba and all it's associated hassle?
I use samba for my Windows machines with no problem, NFS for the linux clients.
What's the additional hassle with samba compared to ftp?
I really want to setup a system where *anyone* can rip and play a CD, so I need to make the thing work as simply and reliably as possible. Load CD - press button - wait for eject - done, would be ideal.
You'll need a little more work than installing an OS to do this...
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Michael
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