1. My box is an old Dell Core2Duo, with SATA connections for drives on the board and integrated NIC card. Useable?
> absolutely 2. I plan to keep the "originals" of my music on my Windows machine, and use my backup software to keep an up-to-date copy on this new Linux machine. Possible? > totally. there's a package called Samba that allows you to easily integrate linux machines into windows networks... 4. How's SBS under Linux with Apple Lossless? > fine. install "restricted extras" iu run ubuntu, makes it easier. visit the linux forum here. 5. Can anyone recommend a good up-to-date "complete beginner's" guide to installing Linux? The ones I've found from searching the web seem to talk about IDE and are dated several years ago. > I recommend Ubuntu. extremely user friendly. 6. Wake on LAN possible via SB£/Boom connected to Linux server? > yes. 7. Finally, what flavour of Linux? I'm thinking one of the flavours that appears in the Nightly list would be sensible? > visit the Linux forum. i am a happy Ubuntu user. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D - Ubuntu 10.04LTS - SBS 7.4.2 Sources: SB3 (3), SB Boom (3), Duet (1), Radio (1), Accuphase DP65v CD (used as DAC mostly) Amplifiers: Accuphase E306v - Creek OBH21/22 Loudspeakers: Ceeroy 3-way tower (tuned) - Audioengine 5/S8 - Acoustic Energy Aego M Headphones: Grado SR-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78029
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