medic7103
December 13th, 2006, 10:16 PM
Hello all! I'm fairly new to linux, I've spent some time with a few versions of Mepis before but nothing as serious as what I'm about to undertake. I've decided to build a fileserver but, I was wondering if it would be possible to also be an internet gateway, HTPC and be able to play a game from time to time (not a must but would be nice)?
I know this is an odd configuration and I'd appreciate any and all input. What I don't want to happen is that I get everything installed and find out that playing a game bogs down the internet for everyone else or there being an issue with the fileserver having access to the internet...I was hoping for the Sysop type stuff that I don't have experience with.
Also, I was going to load the server version of Ubuntu but, I've spent quite a bit of time reading through the forums and I'm thinking I should load the desktop version and add server packages as I need them. Is this the right approach?
Again, any help with the project would be greatly appreciated. The system specs are:
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ Venice 2.2GHz
Foxconn 761GXK8MB-RS
512MB PC 333 (Upgradeable to 4GB)
ATI 9600 All-IN-Wonder 256MB
On-Board LAN
Basic 10/100 additional Nic
40GB primary drive
250GB secondary drive
I know this is an odd configuration and I'd appreciate any and all input. What I don't want to happen is that I get everything installed and find out that playing a game bogs down the internet for everyone else or there being an issue with the fileserver having access to the internet...I was hoping for the Sysop type stuff that I don't have experience with.
Also, I was going to load the server version of Ubuntu but, I've spent quite a bit of time reading through the forums and I'm thinking I should load the desktop version and add server packages as I need them. Is this the right approach?
Again, any help with the project would be greatly appreciated. The system specs are:
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ Venice 2.2GHz
Foxconn 761GXK8MB-RS
512MB PC 333 (Upgradeable to 4GB)
ATI 9600 All-IN-Wonder 256MB
On-Board LAN
Basic 10/100 additional Nic
40GB primary drive
250GB secondary drive