<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br>>>> I totally agree, I don't like to waste things like that, if I can find a use<br>>>> for it I will keep it because it is in good condition all round. I think a<br>>>> print/file/media server is the likely use. This then raises the second<br>>>> question: Which is the best distro to use on it to act as a server given the<br>>>> spec I mentioned?<br><br>>Hi Mo<br><br>>As most have said turn it into a Non-Gui Server, 1st bit of fun would be <br>>to set it up as an SSH server you can have hours of fun logging in and <br>>messing around just with that alone.<br><br>>Start to learn stuff like 'screen'
scour the net for text only apps like <br> >Htop, Mutt, MC (Midnight Commander) Vim etc.<br><br>>HTH<br><br>>PeterC<br><br>Hi Peter<br><br>A server it will become. I can learn and practice a LAMP set up, I can learn to set SAMBA on it etc. The only thing it might need is a larger hard drive; I think the one already installed is 20GB. I suppose I can connect it to the router network via a wireless connection?<br><br>Mo<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Wolves LUG mailing list<br>Homepage: <a href="http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/</a><br>Mailing list: <a ymailto="mailto:Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" href="mailto:Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk">Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>Mailing list home: <a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves</a><br></div></div>
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