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I use a linkstation pro and put debian on it. Works well enough. It's a bit underpowered for bittorrent if you happen to be considering that sort of thing. On Nov 30, 2007 5:37 PM, Kelly Jones <kellyjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You might want to consider a Buffalo Link station, i don't have any personal > experience of them but i hear very good things from associates. > > http://www.nas-central.org/index.php?title=FAQ > > > > On 30/11/2007, Samuel Toogood < sam_toogood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Greetings! It's my first post for a bit, but have been lurking all the > > while. I'm thinking about making some purchases and I wanted to ask for > > suggestions or advice as to whether this is sensible. > > > > Briefly, the situation is this. We live in a 2 bedroom flat and have a 6 > > month old daughter. At the moment, she sleeps in the same room as us, > > but we are preparing to move her to her own room. The room that she is > > to move into is currently a study/spare room, and has my desktop pc in > > it, plus various other bits of equipment/junk. We are going to have to > > get rid (via eBay, freecycle etc) of the stuff we don't use, but we're > > not sure where to put the desktop. As we barely use the desktop as a > > desktop (we have two laptops as well) I was wondering about getting rid > > of that too, and replacing it with a small box that can be left on all > > the time, and can sit in a child proof enclosure (which we need anyway > > for the wireless router). I quite fancy the idea of having a box I can > > ssh (if ssh is a verb) back to whilst out and have access to data. > > > > Ideally, the box would have low power consumption and be silent, or as > > near as possible. We already have a 500Gb USB external hard-drive to > > use. Having done a bit of research, I've come up with a few options, but > > would welcome any other suggestions. The options I've come up with are: > > > > 1. Buying a linutop box. > > 2. Buying something like this: > > http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=27#build-m61g > > 3. (Bit more wacky) Buying an ASUS eeePC, and using the battery as a > > poor-man's UPS, although as the hard drive needs a power supply, this is > > a moot point. > > > > Does any of this sound sensible? > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Sam > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFHUEQI5OkJa9KnDaMRAmA4AKCE2qMZttAdLR0tVkZve+47mF6ucwCeKB5f > > Z00rIEu5UBvulkJ17B8IW6Y= > > =wwmU > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html