RonM wrote: > I have a Fit-PC2, and have been using it exclusively as a music server > for almost three years. It's on 24/7 except when I go on holiday or the > power goes off. It feeds a Transporter via ethernet, as well as 2 Booms > and a Duet via wifi, in various places at various times. > > It's an excellent piece of kit, extremely well made, very durable. I > don't think you'd need one of the newer models, the Fit2 (like mine) is > still available and is just fine for LMS. It can do a lot more, LMS > barely impacts on its cycles. > > I bought mine diskless and installed a 500gb 2.5" drive -- completely > foolproof, just slides into place. You then need to install an OS, > though -- you can get a unit with Linux pre-installed, but the drive > size is limited. I had a spare XP licence available, and used a cheap > external CD drive (that I already had) to install. > > Under normal conditions I use it headless (without direct connection to > a monitor or keyboard) -- it's networked into my home network, and I > access it using UltraVNC (free) viewer (which allows "remote" control. > I put that in quotes because the Fit is sitting beside my main computer > monitor, looking dwarfish -- it's not directly connected to the monitor > and keyboard, but it could be and sometimes is when I need to do > something substantial -- but it's been many months since I last did > that. > > Highly recommended. > > Ron
All sounds good, as long as it will run Linux its in the frame. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pkfox's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95477 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
