agentsmith wrote: > - Is Vortexbox a software only solution? I see a lot of Vortexox based > hardware boxes.
It can be either. An old computer can be converter to Vortexbox or you can purchase a Vortexbox Appliance (a small computer running Votexbox). I have an old PC (2004) running Vortexbox, other forum members have the Vortexbox Appliance. agentsmith wrote: > - If I just want to use a dedicated PC with gobs of storage just to > serve as a LMS or may be as a file server for my MacMini/Pure Music > player, could I just download VortexBox and be in business within > minutes? Maybe not minutes but not hours. The software has to be downloaded and burned to a CD (using ISO burning software). The target computer is then booted up using the ISO CD which wipes the hard drive and loads up the Vortexbox operating systen. This sounds more complicated than it actually was for me. I hung out on the Vortexbox Fourm, reading, before attemping this. agentsmith wrote: > - Is Vortexbox free? Do I have to buy anything else? No. I bought and installed a larger hard drive on my old PC because the original was tiny. I also bought an external hard drive to backup to. BTW backing up using Vortexbox works really slick. agentsmith wrote: > - After the Vortexbox software is installed, can the PC be left running > headless and be accessed 100% from a web client? Yes. I access mine from a Windows 7 PC on my network (I think this is what you're asking). agentsmith wrote: > - Can a Unix/Linux dummy like me live happily with Vortexbox? Will I > get stuck at some point if I am not a Linux person? > > Sorry about all the questions. Yes. I can't even spell LInex :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CharlieG's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32439 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97459 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
