Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How well does the Squeezebox Touch work with Ubuntu?

2014-02-05 Thread Ocean56
JohnSwenson wrote: LMS runs great on linux, all my SB servers I've ever had have been on some form of linux. Are you looking to get a general purpose machine that runs linux to do other standard tasks as well as running LMS or do you want a machine that just runs LMS? John S. I have

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How well does the Squeezebox Touch work with Ubuntu?

2014-02-05 Thread aubuti
Ocean56 wrote: I have an old laptop w/Windows XP on it now. I use it exclusively to run LMS. My concern is that XP support is going away in 4/2014. I either need to replace the laptop, upgrade to 7 or 8 (which I doubt will work on an 8 year old laptop)...or load Ubuntu. I have no

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How well does the Squeezebox Touch work with Ubuntu?

2014-02-05 Thread Ocean56
aubuti wrote: If you don't have any experience with Linux, I recommend setting up your laptop as dual-boot, so you can easily fall back to Win XP if you need to for certain tasks. Windows and Ubuntu live together very easily, and there are easy instructions for how to turn an existing

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How well does the Squeezebox Touch work with Ubuntu?

2014-02-05 Thread jvanhambelgium
Yes, but some Linux knowledge is welcome. You might encounter some basic file right issues when copying new audiofiles etc from a usb-disc etc. Also, best is to completely install FRESH Linux and put the disc as EXT3 or 4 filesystem and then copy the files. Otherwise, problems might occur if

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How well does the Squeezebox Touch work with Ubuntu?

2014-02-05 Thread JohnSwenson
JohnSwenson wrote: LMS runs great on linux, all my SB servers I've ever had have been on some form of linux. Are you looking to get a general purpose machine that runs linux to do other standard tasks as well as running LMS or do you want a machine that just runs LMS? John S. If you

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can a router networked USB hard drive be used as SBT NAS

2014-02-05 Thread Mnyb
You wont be solely dependent on a tablet for controll. LMS comes with its web-UI this is always avaible on the whole network not only the machine that runs the server . ttat the whole point with an web UI in the first place , you can use the web-UI from all your computers. Then the sever can be