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Thanks for the knowledge cirion. Better to find out now than when I've already installed the OS and migrated files over etc..

I'll go check out Mythbuntu 

are you just trying to install linuxmce and make it a file server too?

Yes.

For the first few months though, I'm going to use it exclusively as a file sever until I arrange all my media to a universal format, metadata, etc.

After that's complete, I'll transfer all my media over and it will serve as a lightweight file server and media center.

Still building the machine now. But am always eager to links of wisdom or comments. 

Hey all,

I hope this thread is appropriate. I've seen many posts spread out over the forums and figured that having one thread to address this install as it starts to take off would make more sense.

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Feel free to nuke and PM me if you think creating separate threads for each install question is more appropriate.

What I'm going to do w/ this build:
1. Create a file server and media center. The file server is going to be primarily utilized in my own house via wireless transmitter. *I use multiple laptops depending on my needs and availability and would like a central file repository to access files so I know I'm using the most current version. I will want to be able to SSH into the file server so I can grab files when I'm working remotely.
2. A basic Media server that will only stream movies I rip onto the HD and watching/ripping the occasional TV show.

So onto my first question:
I was reading the, "Why I left MCE" thread and saw danielk say that it was a good choice to install Kubuntu as the base OS. http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=4671.msg27313#msg27313

Isn't the MCE distro just a different flavor of linux? Or is there a better OS better suited for my needs?

I look forward to your help and will journal all the steps I took so I can add to the MCE KB.

Cheers,
-Jon

Thanks wombroiler,

I can get an NVIDIA 8500 GS for under 100. So I'll just go that route. 

I take it the AGP X1650 listed is separate from the LinuxMCE build? You also seem to have 2 lots of RAM listed (maybe have not decided yet), not sure 4GB is needed, I have 2GB of DDR800 and it seems to run fine on a core/hybrid. Other than that I think it should be fine.

Correct on the RAM. I'm jsut undecided. I've always been big on RAM. Why make the processor work any harder than it needs to.

RE:AGP
A friend recommended this card. It's an oldie but goodie. I've been a die hard NVIDIA fan my whole life. But my friend is a bigger hardware geek than I.
Any recommendations on a sub 100 dollar video card? Remember, I'm not rendering anything. Just running 2D movie files to a large screen. So I'm not pushing the enveloper here.

Thanks Adriel,

I'll definitely look into hat when setting up the media aspect of it.

My next question is along the same lines. But a little more focused:

I want to install MCE but use my machine as a file server for a while while I take my time and compile movies and other things. I have a very fast machine and would rather it do all the heavy lifting and just transfer files over at my leisure.

Any reason I can't just use this distro as a file server and disable the MCE aspect of it until I'm ready to take the next step?

BTW: here's a link to the build I'm using for this machine. I don't see any need to go faster than this since this isn't a gaming machine and I'm only pushing movies and transferring files w/ this machine. The most I'll do is copy a DVD (that I made myself) to the HD from the DVD drive.
https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=11507587&WishListTitle=Jons%27
*I'm going w/ 4GB of RAM unless someone says this distro is lite enough to not need it for my purposes.

Many thanks Thom.

I'm sure I'll be in here after I build the server. 

Hey all,

New to MCE. But not Linux

I did search the forums, but didn't see anything relevant to my specific question.

I'm setting up a file server for my home office so I can grab files from a central location (and SSH in remotely). Eventually, this same build will become my media server as well.

I'm already well versed in hardware. But want to know if it's feasible to configure MCE so it can run as a media server AND file server in parallel.

I won't be beating on this server. It's only going to stream movies to one tv and play music. The data server side of it will be used frequently. But no large file transfers will happen unless I'm working remote and need to send packages to clients.

So my question is:
Is the above possible w/o high levels of configuration? I don't mind getting my hands dirty. But don't want to take on some huge project that will end up just dwindling as yet another thing I haven't completed.

I hope I hear a good answer I'm excited to get this OS off the ground. Looks like a blast :-P

Cheers,
-Jon