On the Planetary Chronology
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
So, i wanted to write something to keep things fresh, but I dont really have anything to rant about. What I do have are the plans for my “server” which I have yet to name (CALLISTO?). Component wise, it will be the oldest computer I got. A 1.3 Ghz Pentium 3 Celeron will do duty as the brains and I think I have 512mb of good old SDRAM. Also on the component roster, a scavenged CD burner, and probably the best part in the thing, a Zalman power supply. So far, my total investment is just what I had lying around. I did however spend a few bucks on this thing and bought a PCI SATA RAID card and 2×160gb hard drives. My plan is to have them run in a mirror array too keep my data backed up. I havent gotten that nailed down yet though.
A s far as the OS, Tristan talked me into using Ubuntu. We’ll see. This will be my first time with Linux and I am not sure how ready I am to set up a server with it… I was looking around today though and I did find something that I thought was interesting. MP3Beamer is based on Linspire (another LINUX distribution) and includes a bunch of software that will allow you to “broadcast” your music to other devices across your network, including compatible home theater recievers and other networkable consumer electronics. It costs money unfortunately, (I’m guessing mainly for Linsipre, which I have somewhere… wouldnt install right) but thankfully not too much. Another intriguing bit about this whole MP3 Beamer deal is that they will actually sell you a PC with this software pre-installed. Albeit a pretty un-spectacular PC, but that fact is offset by the price; $399.
So with all of that noted, I am going to look for some open-source goodies that I can use to achieve similar results. If anyone happens to stumble upon something that they think is cool or would work for my purposes, please leave a comment below!
And for those who really cant find anything better to do, a complete history of every computer I ever built. *WARNING: Not for the non-geeky!*
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