I just wanted to drop back in to say that I have been watching this
thread, though I haven't posted. Thanks to all for the
thoughts/comments! I will look into VortexBox, as well as Ubuntu
eventually
--
frugality
frug
mdh;503418 Wrote:
> (long-time lurker, first time poster).
> Fwiw, I've been running a pair of squeezeboxes off of an eeepc 701 with
> a big USB hard drive attached to it and ubuntu server
Same here, I re-purposed an EEEpc 701 (running a stripped version
Ubuntu 9.04). It does a great job of serv
frugality;503178 Wrote:
> I may try converting the netbook over to Linux, since Squeezebox Server
> is also available for Linux. (though, I don't know if it will run on
> something like Ubuntu netbook remix) I haven't messed with Linux yet,
> so that is uncharted territory for me.
You could tr
I'm using s server with a processor that's actually slower than an atom
- a Via C7, running Win2K.
The web interface isn't ridiculously slow - and, indeed, changes to the
database options seem to speed it up a bit. See 'this thread'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70371&highlight=v
(long-time lurker, first time poster).
Fwiw, I've been running a pair of squeezeboxes off of an eeepc 701 with
a big USB hard drive attached to it and ubuntu server quite successfully
for about a year: no noticeable on the devices themselves or through the
web interface.
If you don't mind doin
Applying the mysql tweaks (search here on the forums) might improve the
responsiveness of your web GUI noticeably.
BTW, the funny thing with PineTrail is that the integrated GPU is much
less powerful than before, no HDMI out and external display resolution
is limited to 1440xsomething max!
--
s
huytere;503268 Wrote:
> I think the market will in 6 months be
> flooded with atom bases nettops that do a great job of running sbs at
> the 100 dollar price point.
I'm afraid it won't. I've been in the market for a netbook and was
waiting to see what the new generation of Atom processors and t
I think the market will in 6 months be
flooded with atom bases nettops that do a great job of running sbs at
the 100 dollar price point.
--
huytere
huytere's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35094
V
Too bad vortexbox doesn't have a distro with a gui..
--
pski
real stereo doesn't wake neighbors (it enrages them)
pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574
View this thread: http://forums.slimd
frugality;503178 Wrote:
>
> I may try converting the netbook over to Linux, since Squeezebox Server
> is also available for Linux. (though, I don't know if it will run on
> something like Ubuntu netbook remix) I haven't messed with Linux yet,
> so that is uncharted territory for me.
>
Good i
I'm dropping some thoughts in case anyone else had been considering
running a netbook as a stand-alone/dedicated server for running their
Squeezebox:
I picked up a Samsung netbook running Windows 7 for $279 at Best Buy
during their Thanksgiving 'cyber Monday' sale, and set it up to run my
Squeeze
11 matches
Mail list logo