garym;662445 Wrote: > No, there is a vortexbox appliance that one can buy with vortexbox > system already installed. But the vortexbox ISO I linked to can be > installed on any old x86 computer you have sitting around (and it is > free unless you choose to donate to the developers). A old $25 garage > sale windows box from the last 7 years would work fine. So if you have > an old computer (sounds like you do), just install vortexbox system and > in a few minutes (not counting copying music files over) you should > have a working linux box with SbS already installed. And updates from > there are all from a WebGUI to that computer running vortexbox. Very > simple and no linux required. Also, no need for monitor, keyboard, or > mouse on this old machine once you've installed....
do keep in mind that installing the vortexbox system on this old computer will wipe out whatever old operating system was there. That is, the vortexbox system takes over the computer. But it then becomes a nice music server, video server, network file storage, etc. -- garym System 1: Vortexbox Appliance (1.10) > SbS 7.6.2 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) System 2: Win7(64) laptop > SbS 7.6.2 > Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio and laptop) Retired: SB3, Duet Receiver Controlled at both locations with: iPhone (iPeng), iPad (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.6 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Additional Tagging - mp3tag ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90827 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
