Hey, thanks for both of your replies. I'm not sure I'm at the point where I could use dumb terminals, but it's an interesting idea I might come back to in the future. Virtualization is probably what I'll try first. I might have to change my hardware list a little to accommodate for two...
Hi 00Roush,
Thanks for your help, and thanks for your posts in other parts of the forums. They been very helpful.
I might solve any possible home automation problems by moving to a dedicated network box like this. It should have pretty low power draw and be reasonably reliable...
Hi,
For a while, I've needed a NAS for media serving, and after a long time I decided not to get a low-power high-cost appliance but to build my own with Ubuntu Server or FreeNAS. I put together a desktop running XP a few years ago and a NAS seems like it should be roughly within my...