Re: [backstage] Windows Home Server RC1 available for download

2007-06-17 Thread Gordon Joly
At 18:55 +0100 13/6/07, Andy wrote: On 13/06/07, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The whole point of home server is that you connect to it like a appliance over a http connection. So it should run with no display. I would personally go for SSH. It's designed for remote admining, http

RE: [backstage] Windows Home Server RC1 available for download

2007-06-13 Thread Christopher Woods
I've both accepted and done it for quite a few years now. Just makes sense. An old Xbox with XBMC on it makes a cracking media centre machine, and hell, I had so many computer bits lying around I just bunged together an old server and slapped WS2003 on it (OS provided gratis by my Uni!) I know

RE: [backstage] Windows Home Server RC1 available for download

2007-06-13 Thread Ian Forrester
layout of the 2000/XP design. Old dog, new tricks and all that. -Original Message- From: Ben Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 June 2007 15:29 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Windows Home Server RC1 available for download WHS is built ontop of Windows

Re: [backstage] Windows Home Server RC1 available for download

2007-06-13 Thread Andy
On 13/06/07, Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The whole point of home server is that you connect to it like a appliance over a http connection. So it should run with no display. I would personally go for SSH. It's designed for remote admining, http isn't. Though a HTTP interface would be

Re: [backstage] Windows Home Server RC1 available for download

2007-06-13 Thread Richard P Edwards
For sure Ian, We already have our own network broadcasting/server units at home :--) Have had for three years or more. In my case. Mac G5 plus 30 inch screen as desktop, with a 23 inch as a TV or second screen. add bittorrent, or DVD, or iTunes plus iChat.. with a terrabyte of