cybervision_ wrote: > Hi guys! Careful, we have some women here too. :-)
> I have an incredibly good setup, but I am considering getting > everything digitalized and playing it via squeezebox. I have and old PC > laying around and I am thinking of getting an intel Atom 330 CPU > soldered on a motherboard with built-in graphics, along with a 1 TB disc > to play my music, as I can get the cabinet for free. > Will the perfomance be sufficient? The CPU is enough. Make sure you have enough RAM. If you can stick a gig on it, you will be very happy. > Which SB would you recommend for the job? I have an Onkyo 5007 receiver > with 32 bit BurrBrown DACs so I am thinking of feeding it digitally. If you can wait a couple of months, I'd wait for a Touch, its cool. If not, the affordable choices are the Duet or the SB3. > AND last, but not least: What kind of free operating system would you > recommend to run on the server? My opinion is, if you have a friend using Debian or Ununtu, use that. If not, and you have a friend running something else, use that. If you have no friends, run Ubuntu desktop (not server), as there is tons of support in the Ubuntu forums. You technically don't need the GUI, but I find it very useful during setup, and a lot easier to approach if you are used to Windows or OS-X. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
