[mdlug] Where's the "Linux Home Server"

[Robert Adkins]

Kristoffer Marshall wrote:
> Michael Corral wrote:
>   
>> Robert Adkins a ecrit:
>>   
>>     
>>> I say this, because MS has the new "Windows Home Server" product and
>>> quite frankly, from it's snappy little marketing campaign information, I
>>> know that Linux can do a better job for more than a few of the so-called
>>> problems they claim  that "Windows Home Server" *will* easily handle.
>>>     
>>>       
>> I've been able to do all that with Linux for a long time.
>> Glad to see that Windows is finally catching up!
>>   
>>     
> :-p Same here. I remember a couple years ago, some MDLUG members were 
> helping me write a script that would throw a files from a messy download 
> folder into format-specific folders. I even extended the script to move 
> band-specific mp3s to their designated folders. Although this was all 
> done with filenames, I guess I could also do it with file.
>
>   
>> This things does quite a bit more. It helps automagically organize 
>> all of your files for you. Storing pictures with pictures, movies with 
>> movies, music with music and so on. It sounds like it rearranges your 
>> files for you based on metadata, or more likely based upon file extensions.
>>
>>   
>>     
> Can be done with a script. Also, there are a couple programs available 
> now that can do this. I can't think of them offhand though.
>   
>>     It also produces a quick to search index of all your files to combat 
>> "Digital Amnesia", along with Automatic Backups to eliminate losing any 
>> files.
>>   
>>     
> Ext3. There's a program I used that also makes its own index, but oftent 
> crashed on me from my very large collection of music. This was 2 years 
> ago though.
>   
>>     I assume this next bit requires Vista Home Edition PCs as it also 
>> duplicates the entire file structure off of a given PC, nightly.
>>
>>     There's also the go anywhere and access your Digital media. As in, 
>> go to your friend' house, log onto your friend's PC and then stream a 
>> song from your "Windows Home Server" or Home Networked PC. (Which I do 
>> find odd, since that kind of flies in the face of the whole Ultra 
>> Restrictive Gestapo-like DRM that the Music Industry and Microsoft are 
>> so strongly pushing.)
>>   
>>     
> I played around with a program called GNUMP3d that does the same thing, 
> but works kinda odd. It'll give you a web interface to play an song, and 
> it'll stream the song individually to your computer. Also, there's 
> IceCast and various other programs out there that can be teamed up to do 
> the same.
>   
>>     ...and there's the whole, listen to music and watch crap from your 
>> "Home Server" on your Xbox 360.
>>
>>     -Rob
>>     
> Samba, NFS, FTP, HTTP... Also, hacking together FancyIndex includes for 
> Apache can amazingly give you professional and speedy results. I haven't 
> played with MythTV much, but I heard it's supposed to be the 
> bomb-diggity for this kind of stuff.
>
> Stop doubting and start BASHing people!
>
> Okay, that was a poorly written pun. :-p Anyway, linux can do it all. 
> It's just a matter of making it all work together easily.
>
>   
    So, who out there has this all ready to go?

    I'm talking taking a CD/DVD Install Media, installing that on a 
blank machine. Then BAM! you have your "Linux Home Server" with little 
additional configuration required. (The only configuration being network 
addressing and maybe a few other minor configuration options.

    -Rob