I have been up and running with my current system now for about two years. Going with the philosophy of if "it ain't broke don't fix it", I've pretty much left it alone which means I am now well out of date. I am running SlimServer 6.5.2 on Ubuntu 6.10. The latter is a server install and my hardware is a Mini-ITX box based around a Via EPIA MII-6000 motherboard with a 600MHz processor and 0.5 GB RAM. It runs headless.
I'd like to replace the hard drive with a bigger one (and the case fan with a quieter one) so I'm thinking now is as good a time as any to upgrade the software. By 'upgrade' I'm really meaning a clean installation on the new drive. I'd like to ask some advice here about the best route to take: 1. Shall I stick with Ubuntu? I've been quite happy with it and I like the fact that it is so widely used so information is easy to come by. Are there any good reasons to try something else, given the context of mainly being a SqueezeBox server and backup file server? I realise this will be largely a matter of opinion but that's OK - I'm interested to hear. 2. Are there any current problems with AlienBBC? I seem to recall this was the trickiest bit to get going. (Not that I use it a huge amount and I'm not sure my current install is still working completely properly but I like the idea of it being there.) 3. When I asked for advice on here 2 years ago, I was recommended that if I were to use Ubuntu I should use the 'alternate' version that was compiled for 386. (My processor does not support some 686 instructions apparently.) Does this advice still stand? The reason I ask is that having looked into this again, I can't find any definitive statement that the alternate install is compiled any differently from the others. Nevertheless would this still be the version to use? 4. A related question - is it worth considering installing something (Ubuntu or otherwise) that provides a GUI? It would have to be something pretty lightweight given my hardware and limited on-board graphics. I get on OK with command line, but sometimes I wonder if life would be easier with a bit of a GUI. Sorry about the rather vague questions. Just hoping to get some ideas to look into before taking the plunge. Thanks Zoltan -- Zoltan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Zoltan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9998 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61166 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
