This might be a bit of a big ask for the forum, but here's the best place as i want to keep one of them a surprise for my were.
So, both will be using mini-ITX boards, and both will have Linux, Ubuntu for the personal, and OpenELEC for the entertainment unit.
E unit:
A VCR will be gutted to serve as the case, only potential problem seen is a power supply might not fit in there requiring a external power supply. I'm figuring on running two drives, one for general media/OS/file storage, prolly 500G or so, and a second for DVR purposes. Two questions here, how big should the DVR drive be, and any brand recommendations out there? Any recommendations on a DVD drive? Will a Celeron cut it for processor choice? How much memory should i expect to need? It'll mostly serve up network websites and Netflix, along with the occasional general web and email use. I think that's all the questions i have although i might've over looked something.
Personal unit:
Having run Ubuntu on an eMachines D525 laptop, it looks like its adequate for my needs, so i'll prolly pick a board with similar specs, but i'm open to better ideas. The case'll be a Commodore 1541, so the power supply will definitely be external, would this cut it: http://www.devili.iki.fi/Computers/C...l/Page_05.html ? I kinda like the idea of using a Commodore supply for obvious reasons. Once again, recommendations on memory and DVD brand would be appreciated. We're considering running an SSD for this system, or two (depends on cost and reliability), my current iMac uses about 375G of storage space, and this one will likely use less (media files off loaded to the E Unit, plus a leaner OS). Anything else i might've forgotten?
Any hoo, thanks in advance
So, both will be using mini-ITX boards, and both will have Linux, Ubuntu for the personal, and OpenELEC for the entertainment unit.
E unit:
A VCR will be gutted to serve as the case, only potential problem seen is a power supply might not fit in there requiring a external power supply. I'm figuring on running two drives, one for general media/OS/file storage, prolly 500G or so, and a second for DVR purposes. Two questions here, how big should the DVR drive be, and any brand recommendations out there? Any recommendations on a DVD drive? Will a Celeron cut it for processor choice? How much memory should i expect to need? It'll mostly serve up network websites and Netflix, along with the occasional general web and email use. I think that's all the questions i have although i might've over looked something.
Personal unit:
Having run Ubuntu on an eMachines D525 laptop, it looks like its adequate for my needs, so i'll prolly pick a board with similar specs, but i'm open to better ideas. The case'll be a Commodore 1541, so the power supply will definitely be external, would this cut it: http://www.devili.iki.fi/Computers/C...l/Page_05.html ? I kinda like the idea of using a Commodore supply for obvious reasons. Once again, recommendations on memory and DVD brand would be appreciated. We're considering running an SSD for this system, or two (depends on cost and reliability), my current iMac uses about 375G of storage space, and this one will likely use less (media files off loaded to the E Unit, plus a leaner OS). Anything else i might've forgotten?
Any hoo, thanks in advance
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