[mdlug] Recommended Distro for a print/file server

[Mark Thuemmel]

On 09/21/2011 02:45 PM, Robert Jim Fulner wrote:
> So I was going to ask what the best distro is, but a beter idea is why is
> your recomendation and why for a GNU/Linux distro to use on an old desktop
> box, that I want to connect to oru network without a monitor and use only as
> a something connected to a printer and store saved files on so those in my
> home network can easily access without having to keep a desktop (and all the
> energy eating peripherals attached to it) up and running all the time.
>
> I think all I'm going to want is print and file storage, at least until Play
> On TV<http://www.playon.tv/playon>, or something similar, gets a GNU/Linux
> client.
>
> For the first time in my life I'm getting a NEW PC, and I didn't even have a
> hardware failure on my previous machine yet.
>
> --
> Jim Fulner


Asus RT-N16 router with Tomato firmware.


Has lots of memory for a router, two usb ports, one for your printer, 
one for external hard drive.

Print server, media server, ftp server, samba, bla, bla, bla

You can also run Asterisk on it for a phone server as well as quite a 
few other linux packages.

low power, no monitor, under a hundred bucks, will also offer Wireless 
G/N, VPNs, and Quality of Service routing with a web GUI.

sell the old desktop to help pay for it.