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

[Roy Vestal]

Sounds like a great idea. I plan on putting one in my new house.

Anyway, don't know if it's small enough, but Walmart.com has a Linux
Microtel box (AMD based) for $199.00. It uses an AC'97 chipset and comes
with LycorisOS but could easily run
Fedora/Debian/Mandrake/SuSe/whatever. You can only order it

Here's the URL (kinda long, watch word wrap):
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2233757&cat=41937&type=19&dept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A41937%3A86796%3A106562%3A106560


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