Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, Dirk Meyer wrote: > >>> The gigabyte board would be perfect but jees, 1 pci slot, >>> that's craziness. >>> >> Is it? What do you need for a media PC? TV cards: USB (as much "cards" >> as you like), Sound: onboard, graphic: onboard (and you would not like >> PCI anyway), network: onboard. Is there anything else? If there is: USB. >> > I was doing fine with a similar board until the onboard net card failed and > one pci slot used up very quickly > usb-ethernet converters turned out to be expensive. > > Interestingly on another list I subscribe to this was mentioned yesterday as a cheap "just works in linux" (poster tested on ubuntu 9.04) USB -> ethernet:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/USB-Ethernet-Network-RJ45-Adapter/dp/B002883YXM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1250067652&sr=1-4#moreAboutThisProduct £6.70 doesn't seem very much, many pci network cards on amazon seem to be more expensive. Personally I don't like big PC's, they take up far too much room in my house so I'm keen on micro-ATX etc :). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
