And since the server machine will be used as a internet server as well as a local file/video/audio server, I was happy to come accross this link:
ISP Server Setup SuSE 10.0
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I’ve been so busy (since last weekend) with configuring and playing with Suse, that I realy haven’t missed XP all that much. Last night I was hoping to get some .avi files converted to mpegs, (TMPEGenc would do the job on XP) but had little success in the 20 min I spent trying.

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After I shuffled a bit of hardware between my computers, I ended up the Asus A7N8X Sempron 2400 as the server with a 120 gig drive and the ECS K7S5A Athlon 2000 with the 160 gig drive (which used to be in the old workstation PC) will now be the current workstation. Continue reading →

My linux network shuffling has began…

Yesterday I brought up the HTPC (Athlon 2000) and after a few HDs got shuffled, (put the 160 gig into the Athlon 2000 machine which will be the workstation, and put the 120 gig from the HTPC into the new server machine Sempron 2400) I blew away everything ion the 120 gig drive, and proceded to install SuSE SLICK 10.0. Continue reading →

Since I’m going to put a fresh install of Suse on this test mythtv server machine once this trial is done, I need to document all the steps I’m taking to get EVERYTHING running on this machine, in an effort to make things go as smoothly/quickly as possible. Continue reading →

Some more thoughts on the migration to the new MythTv server/client process I started talking about last week House PC Restructure
Already got MythTv installed on the Sempron 2400 on Suse 10.0 (dual booting to WinXP) to test things out. Continue reading →

After reading Linux HTPC HowTo I’m a little more comfortable installing MythTv. Lots of great info on there.
I’m still a little unsure about whether I can play the MythTV files from a windows PC.
Just found this link: Suse 9.3/10.0 Multimedia which seems to have a nicely written quickguide to setting up multimedia (as well asn MythTV) on Suse. Right up my alley!

I’ve been giving some thought recently on jumping ship to linux on all (most) of my home computers. This is for several reasons, the main one being a desire to migrate away from the Microsoft OS. There are so many advantages to running linux (ease of setup is not one of them) but I’m sure proficiency will come with use. Continue reading →

Wohoo!
Got it working!
Got up at 5:00 am today and gave it another go. Did some more reading on a few sites, re-read some stuff I did last night, but nothing. Continue reading →