On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 12:15:39 Roy Britten wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm looking for a box to run as a budget home server. The primary usage > will be for Mr13 to run his Minecraft server and play with Python, and for > mucking about with building web sites and the like. > > My initial thoughts were to pick up an old headless desktop box with a > couple of GB of RAM, but old boxes seem to sell for unrealistic sums on > TradeMe. > > Where's a good local supply of unloved old (and not too power-hungry) > boxes? > > Cheers, > Roy.
Have you considered a Raspberry Pi? It's cheap, low-power, and specifically designed for learning. You can definitely play with Python (and Scratch- good for kids to learn programming concepts). And Minecraft: http://pi.minecraft.net/ I have one running as a home server- it plays my MP3s using mpd, and I can watch movies on my mini-projector via the HDMI output using omxplayer. Nothing special, but it's fantastic for the price. If you buy one, don't forget the 'hidden' costs- case, USB power supply, SDcard for the OS, keyboard, mouse, display. The display can be HDMI or DVI, or you can use an old analog television with AV input. Best wishes, Andrew _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
