[olug] X-Mas is Coming -> Query & Stuff

[Charles.Bird]

I've been wanting to try out this case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219021
and use as a storage target for a mythbox.

This chassis cant be all that good, but it cant be all that bad either




On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Douglas Bertelsen <
douglas.bertelsen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been running a Fedora-based LHTPC for over one-and-a-half years.
> It runs fine, but I have the following issues:
>
>    PC is x64 and the repo (ATRPMS) can be a bit slow to download from
> and has some weird dependencies with i386 and the version of WINE from
> same repo
>
> I have used both a Ubuntu and OS X frontend to access this server.
> Both took minimal configuration.
>
> Original configuration was not overly difficult (dual PC-5500s from
> www.pchdtv.com), but wasn't "It just works" like other operating
> systems might be.  5.1 digital sound worked just fine with my audio
> hardware.
>
> MYSQL played very nicely with a MOODLE server on the same box.
>
> In short, I may eventually switch to a different distro, but nothing
> has forced my hand at this point.  Qt libraries for new NVIDIA driver
> were a minor headache, but everything cleared up within a few hours
> due to bad timing for a YUM update.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Doug Bertelsen
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