Building a Linux Media Server. Hello THF! First time here, so be gentle. I'm going to be building a Home Media Server to house music/movies etc. and was thinking of going the linux route (no problem with M$, but I want to build up some geek cred). I...

Help with building a linux machine. FYI: I am a newbie when it comes to linux. I am familiar with hardware and the many faults of windows, not linux/ open source software. I am contemplating the possibility of the assembly of a computer to run 8.04.1 on....

Hardware testing build of Linux?. After a recent incident involving a dodgy (round) IDE cable, I was wondering if there was a Linux Live CD/DVD aimed at testing, soak testing, and possably bench-marking a new/suspect PC? Anyone know of one?. After a recent...

I want to build a linux box. I want to build a PC for linux only (it will be my first one )and I want to keep it around $500 or less if possible. Here are the things I need: Case floppy cd rom hard drive MOBO ( onboard video, sound and NIC) CPU RAM...

CPU build for Linux ?. In a heated discussion with a Linux group, I was told that the Opteron 64 from AMD was designed for the Linux Kernel, not for the NT kernel, hence better performance using Linux. I ran across some speed tests done on a NZ Linux group,...

Build a Linux NAS - Web Server. I would like to build a NAS/Server with the following specs: AMDx2 3800+ AM2 ASUS M2NPV-VM (NForce 4) CORSAIR 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 533 Old WD 120GB IDE drive for OS New 4x400GB WD HD for RAID 5 array. OS: Fedora Core...

AMD AM2 motherboards for Linux 64-bit. Cross-posting in General Motherboard and Software/Linux I have a project that needs a lightweight pre-production server running 64-bit Linux. I haven't bothered to build any 64-bit Linux machines, so I'm a little bit...

for the hackers !!! As I said before I need all the help I can get to build this Linux box from you guys/gals , any URLs..etc. I thank you all again... When I built my OpenBSD firewall, I used the book "Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls" by Wes Sonnenreich...

How to modify Ubuntu distribution to run a Linux appliance?. I'm building a Linux appliance (hardware) that I would like to run with Ubuntu, for which I will need only a subset of all the packages/programs that come in a standard distribution. I would like...