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A few years back I hacked together a file server with a couple of 256 GB hard drives using Fedora Core 3. Yeah, it was a while ago.
Since it was just a hacked together thing it never really worked very well. I could always access it by my housemate - running Windows XP would often have trouble connecting.
Recently, we took a power hit which screwed something up in the system, so I took it offline. Fortunately, we had backups of all the data so nothing was actually lost. Since I use Debian as my desktop I decided to wipe the system and set up a spanking new Debian server.
Right now, it seems like it's stuck on apt install, scanning the mirror. I may start over - the install is acting real cranky.
UPDATE: A reboot did the trick. I've got the system installed and the disks reformated. All I have to do is to set up SAMBA and the users profiles, all two of us. Maybe tomorrow.
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Since it was just a hacked together thing it never really worked very well. I could always access it by my housemate - running Windows XP would often have trouble connecting.
Recently, we took a power hit which screwed something up in the system, so I took it offline. Fortunately, we had backups of all the data so nothing was actually lost. Since I use Debian as my desktop I decided to wipe the system and set up a spanking new Debian server.
Right now, it seems like it's stuck on apt install, scanning the mirror. I may start over - the install is acting real cranky.
UPDATE: A reboot did the trick. I've got the system installed and the disks reformated. All I have to do is to set up SAMBA and the users profiles, all two of us. Maybe tomorrow.
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I don't see a problem with using an lcd TV as a monitor - as long as you've got the massive graphics card to handle it. :-)
Usually, the media server is the box in the basement with all the big honking drives that stream the media to other boxes with the fancy graphics, but I don't think you should have any problems with playing directly from the media server.
Ubuntu should be easier than Debian - Ubuntu is based on Debian but re-designed to be easier to use. The only thing that you might have problems with is Pulse Audio, which Ubuntu defaults to. I've heard there's some compatibility problems with some programs. I run ALSA for most audio programs.
If you have the time and the boxes I suggest you set up an experimental server that you can safely screw up. That way if you screw up badly you can wipe the drives and start fresh. That's how I made the jump from Windows to Linux - by having a spare box to play with that I installed Linux on. Once I had enough money and experience I replaced my desktop with a better hardware and installed Linux.
Get the disktop part going first, then get the file sharing working. The Ubuntu forums are pretty good but search them first before asking questions.
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