JohnSwenson wrote: > If you are doing a dedicated server you might want to consider VortexBox > software. It is a complete package, linux OS, LMS, web based > configuration (and some other NAS type stuff as well). It's very easy to > install and setup, it works great for older equipment. If your laptop is > still working fine but you want to get off of windows, just loading VB > is by far the easiest way to go. > > The only reason you might NOT want to do this is if you actually use > the laptop for controlling the music, VB runs as a headless server, > assuming you will be controlling the music from either a Sb box itself > or an app on a smartphone etc. Thus the screen is black, you can't bring > up a browser ON THAT MACHINE. Every interaction with it goes over the > network. > > If you do decide to install linux so you actually have a screen you can > use, I would recommend something like lubuntu rather than a full ubuntu > install. I did an lubuntu install the other day in less than 10 minutes > and it was up and running right away. > > John S.
I do use the laptop for controlling my music (I have a 1TB hard drive I use with the Squeezebox). I'll try lubuntu...thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ocean56's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100896 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
