I can't add much about hardware requirements -- P II or better and 128MB RAM is _more_ than enough for most home set ups. You don't have to start with a huge hard drive if you use LVM but it is usually better to go with fewer drives from a power/heat perspective. And to repeat earlier advise -- do not depend on RAID for protection. I use DVDs for backup and have been looking into USB 2.0 drives.
If you want to practice your Linux skills you could use telnet/ssh for command line or consider using a remote X server. Cygwin and Hummingbird(commercial) have X servers for Windows. The power and RAM you'll need for this will depend on what else you're going to do with this box but you won't need any monitor/mouse/keyboard attached. Just some thoughts, Rich -- lnxguru ------------------------------------------------------------------------ lnxguru's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22506 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
