Actually then, Vortexbox is designed for you. It is Linux underneath, but it has a convenient web interface that allows you do almost anything you need, without having to go anywhere near a scary Linux command line terminal.
Also, a point of clarification. "Vortexbox" is software, and "Vortexbox Appliance" is hardware. The software is an entire operating system, which replaces the existing operating system on a computer. As garym said, it is based on Fedora Linux, but is customized for LMS and other media applications, and is made to be user-friendly. It costs nothing to download and use. It is designed to run "headless", without a keyboard, mouse or monitor, and be controlled by another device via the web interface. It will run on any x86-compatible computer (that is, anything that will run Windows), so if you have an old computer lying around or wanted to get an inexpensive computer to run as a dedicated music server, you could install Vortexbox software and be good to go. The "Vortexbox Appliance" is a small, low-power computer (but plenty adequate for LMS duties) that is sold with the Vortexbox software installed. For a long time I enjoyed the tinkering, testing Squeezebox beta hardware and software, updating the server software regularly, etc. Now that there's not as much new stuff that interests me, I just set it and forget it, and it works fine. I was being a little facetious about the "choose a headache". My suggestion to you is forget about TinyLMS because the probability that it will have a happy ending for you is very low. Use a separate server, whether it's your current Windows box or something new you buy as a dedicated server. Finally, note that with simple power management that is standard with Windows and Linux (including Vortexbox), you don't need to keep the pc on 24/7 or walk over and turn it on when you want to listen to music. Use sleep or hibernate mode, and your Touch can wake it up automatically when you want to use it. If you want to get your hands a little dirty, the Server Power Control plugin also lets you have the server automatically go into sleep or hibernate mode (or shutdown) after a specified period of inactivity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98291 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
