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So the server has undergone some revisions.

I finally got a flat-screen lcd monitor. Circuit City had a sale on a 19 inch widescreen monitor for $160 after rebates. Getting drivers for the video card was a bit of a pain, but now I have 1440×900 goodness.

The server is currently running Windows XP Pro, that SLU kindly gave me and Ubuntu.

I’m running XP as it was easier to install Yahoo to Go for PVR software. It is supposed to automatically download TV listings, which is more than any other software has ever done for me. Plus, it’s free.

I keep Ubuntu for its integrated DVD burning functionality and the learning in Linux I get from it.

It’s up and running.

Right now, the Shuttle SS50C is named Anti. Anti was an Egyptian god of ferrymen, it’s an appropriate name for fileserver. It carries my data across to my endpoints.

Facts:

Case - Shuttle SS50C (bought from Ebay for $40)
Processor - Pentium 4 2.2ghz (bought used from local retailer)
Ram - 1 GB from 2 Kingston 512MB 266MHz DDR Non-ECC CL2.5 DIMM (Newegg)
Harddrive - 250 GB Western Digital IDE (Circuit City with $60 in rebates)
Optical Drive - I/O Magic Internal DVD+/-R/RW Drive with 16x DVD+/-R write speeds & 48x CD-R write speed (Circuit City with $40 in rebates)
OS - Kubuntu 5.10

I partitioned the hard drive with 50 GB to the OS and 200 GB to data. I may have to reinstall and mount the data partition at /home.

Next, I’ll work to install Hamachi for VPN, MythTV backend for PVR functionality, & a driver for Hauppauges PVR USB2.

The last one should be the most difficult as it is a rough driver that is still being developed.

So here’s the setup that I’d like to build.

A home server that holds all the music owned by Amy & I.

This server would also work as a PVR to catch the programs we’d like to watch rather than the rest of the crap available.

A soft-modded Xbox would serve as the front end of the PVR in the living room.

But that’s not all I’d like this to do.

I’d also like the home server to stream music and video to a limited number of users on a VPN. This way, I could tell people about a song I like and play it for them right then and there.

Also, this will allow me to keep a limited number of media files on my laptop / ipod (which have limited space) and still access my media.

The home server will be in a Shuttle SS50C that I’m currently attempting to build.

That’s a post for another day.