[TriLUG] prowling for a small form-factor Linux box

[kevin]

On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 08:46, Greg Brown wrote:

Check out some of the Xbox hacks!  I've seen folks have movies, mp3s and
games all sitting on a file service on another system.  at $179 for the
Xbox, and it's designed for home entertainment centers....

> Hey all.  I'm starting to search for a small form-factor linux box.   
> The purpose of this server is going to be the front-end of my home 
> audio system.  I've been ordered to get the 400 or so CDs digitized, 
> organized, categorized, etc.  So, my thoughts here are to rip 
> everything to MP3 (to allow for portability between the Macs) and place 
> all the files on my upstairs disk server.
> 
> I'm looking for a small form factor *with excellent audio* (as I'd like 
> to plug this into my existing home audio system via RCA jacks) and an 
> PHP/Apache web server to sit downstairs on a 100 meg link.  All the CDs 
> and tracks will be organized in a MySQL database residing on the disk 
> server.  The user interface will be the PHP/Apache interface on the 
> small form factor box.  The idea here is the little, and hopefully 
> quiet, box will pull songs off the disk server and cache them on the 
> audio server to be played over the stereo.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what might fit this bill?  Audio quality and 
> noise are the highest factors followed by appearance and power draw.  
> I'm hoping to find something that sounds great, looks great, and uses 
> little power.   Heh.. if only it were that easy!
> 
> Greg
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