[SWLUG] Networking

[Than]

Hi guys!

Any one knows if is straight forward to network a linux SuSE 8.1  with a
Windows XP machine? Or you would have to be a linux guru to do it?

I'm a lixux newbie, so if anyone replys please be gentle.   ;-)

Regards

Than




----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Mitchell" <justin at discordia.org.uk>
To: <discuss at swlug.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [SWLUG] Ideas, suggestions, plans and what non-attenders missed


> On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 11:09, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> > Other things we talked about:
> > how
> > you might stream oggs around rooms (something like 'obsequian' was
> > mentioned here);
>
> Obsequiem (their spelling varies)
> http://obsbox.sourceforge.net/
>
> Obs is a play list manager / jukebox system that feeds MP3's to Icecast
> for streaming.
>
> I know that there has been work on icecast to stream ogg's
> but it doesnt look like theres been much work done on obs recently.
> but i cant imagine thats hard to change.
>
> i use Obs & Icecast at home with MP3's (i have a couple of MP3 walkmen
> so oggs arent terribly useful to me) and i now have almost all of my cd
> collection on there, which i can listen to from any computer in the
> house.
>
> I have been trying to investigate ways to extend the music stream to
> other rooms in the house that have Stereos but no computers, best
> solution i can see so far is a low power FM Stereo transmitter from
> Veronica. Anybody else have suggestions ?
>
>
>
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