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Obviously it depends on a lot of factors. In our household we do almost all of our computer work on Windows-based laptops. But who wants slimserver to disappear when someone takes his/her laptop on a trip. So for slimserver I initially picked up a surplus Dell P3 (500MHz) desktop from work. Linux made the most sense because (a) it's easy to run without the GUI (or without monitor and keyboard either), thus saving on scarce RAM, and (b) it's easy to operate via telnet, so I can stash the Dell away in an obscure corner of the basement. I chose Ubuntu Linux for a variety of reasons. I now run my slimserver off a Buffalo Linkstation NAS, hacked to run debian linux, with the same advantages. But if I only had one computer and no NAS, I would run slimserver on Windows because that's what I use for most of my other work. Note that if you're looking to learn Linux, then slimserver isn't exactly a killer app. What I mean is, you set it up, and let it run. And run and run and run, without any user intervention, unless you're into getting all the nightly builds or something. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33301 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
