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im a firm believer that everyone should own a ubuntu closet server. heres a few things mine do (and i got this for $200):
-store my files as a network attached storage device with a 250gb hard drive
-acts a router/server of any kind (internet, print, file, anything)
-streams my music to me via a browser when im away from home (Gnump3d)
-allows me to remote desktop into it and fuck with unix/shell commands when im in class. great for learning unix, too
-acts as web server, mysql server, php server. both locally (good for sandboxing) and via the internet (good for serving temporary files)
-rips DVDs and CDs for me at one click (automatically adding them to the appropriate folders in my file library)
-burns DVDs and CDs for me at one click
the best part is: it does all of this shit without affecting your main computer at all.so you can 'outsource' all of your cpu intensive tasks to this thing in the closet that'll take care of it for you. that way, if you want to rip a CD or DVD, it wont bother your main computing on your main sys.
just a few things that $200 gets ya. its 1ghz and 512mb ram. pick one up, seriously!
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