Adam Trickett wrote:
> On Friday 13 July 2007 21:42, Sean Gibbins wrote:
>
>> Yep my Linksys NSLU2 arrived in the post today and was transformed into
>> a beautiful Debian Slug!
>>
>> If, unlike me, you possess a memory, you may recall that I flogged the
>> 2GHz machine I was using as a Web/file/print server on the list
>> recently, as it was simply overkill for the little bit of work that was
>> going through it. Living as it was in an unventilated room under the
>> stairs, it was not only wasted, but generated far too much heat for
>> comfort.
>>
>
> This is something I've been thinking about for some time. I currently have an
> antique Compaq desktop unit as a home server, and I need to replace it with
> something with more disk space and something that's quieter. Does it have
> enough grunt to serve as:
>
> Fetcmail/Dovecot-IMAP
> Web server
> DNS/DHCP server
> NFS Server
>
I have very little running on mine at the moment, so I am not really the
one to ask. There are a few examples here that you might be interested
in though:
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Info/WhatPeopleAreReallyUsingTheirSlugsFor
> The alternative is to get/build a box based on a low-power notebook CPU
> system
>
Failing that you might consider a fanless mini-itx box; my Epia 5000
(500MHz cpu + 1GB RAM) handled that with ease. I saw a lovely
Hoojum/Epia system going for a song recently, and mini-itx stuff is
always to be found on ebay, if you're feeling brave.
Sean
