Up and Running

Well, it's been several months, but here's what I've done:

Server

It really surprised me, but I got the server box breathing with the Celery processor and 512 RAM. It's slower than 494 at 5:15, but it works. I've been too busy with everything to play with it lately, however. I'd like to find a way to VNC in, rather than some sort of command-line terminal. I don't have enough Linux command line experience for that kind of tomfoolery. I still need to set up FTP, SqueezeCenter, and a torrent client.

Media Machine

THIS has been a cause for frustration. I've ordered 2 AGP cards from NewEgg that are labelled AGP2.0 compatible. Guess what that last phrase means? Yep. Not compatible--neither of them. Return to factory. Goodbye $20 shipping. I think I need to find a Geforce 5xxx series, or maybe swap out the 6600 in another box. This leads to all kinds of other complications. Stupid old computer gear.

However, I've managed to rip a fair number of movies at full rez to the box. Heh, that was another thing - generic DVD/CD drives aren't reliable for booting an OS install disk. I had tried Myth before putting Windows MCE on there. It was an excercise in frustration.

More in 3 months! ;-)