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...

Building a Linux Media PC. I hope Fedora7 has what I need to do this. I already have my hardware selected so I guees we will just have to wait and see.... I hope Fedora7 has what I need to do this. I already have my hardware selected so I guees we will...

Linux Media Center. I was looking at building a real cheap Linux media center, hopefully using Knoppmyth, which is the Knoppix distro with a MythTV. I was looking at turning my old Dell Optiplex: 1Ghz, 256MB RAM, 20GB HDD, into a Linux Media Center. I was going...

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....

Linux is a source-based distribution, the only one on this list. While the installation media provide various levels of pre-compiled binary packages to get a basic Linux system up and running, the idea behind Gentoo is to compile all source packages on the...

very very efficient. Linux is working very well even on the psion, the text-mode with bash needs only 2 MB ram, which could be stripped down even further. Graphics is done with a simple frame buffer. So Linux is the ideal core for a lightwight operating...

One Home Server To Rule Them All!. Ok... I have some hardware and a dream... To build a linux home server to rule them all (my network connected devices). What I want it to do. 1) Wireless/Wired Firewall, Gateway, Router and DHCP server "a la" DD-Wrt....