[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've got a laptop with a broken screen as my home server. Got it for > free from a family member but they are dirt cheap and fleabay. Its got > 80GB storage, integrated UPS, (very) low power consumption and with > speedstep enabled on the CPU and laptop-mode enabled on the hard disk > its very quiet. Ideal home server even if I say so myself ;). Of course > it can't do stuff like be a MythTV backend but it streams media happily > enough. Oh and it has wifi built in so I can put it anywhere with a > power outlet. (on a shelf somewhere or in a cupboard. I have a number of mates who install "home automation" stuff (web control of lights, multi-room audio and so on.)
Quite a few of them have moved to laptops for the "home control servers" because of their ability to handle short power outages gracefully! For my home servers, I use some Via ITX stuff from www.linitx.com M. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
