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I have an Asus eeepc 701 netbook, which I bought several years ago when they were first released. I used it extensively over the next year as my travel computer and it did a great job. I left the default Xandros Linux operating system on it, installing Debian Lenny onto an SD card as an alternative - that worked really well.
The poor machine has been lying dormant for a while, and the thought of using it as a home server has been niggling at me. So what does it have going for it?
- 4 gig SSD
- Processing power about a third of my Pentium 4 3.0 Desktop computer
- 1 gig memory (I added some extra)
- 3 USB ports
- SD Card Slot
- Ethernet port
- Wireless networking
- Very low power useage
The final part of the mix is storage - the internal SSD will be used almost exclusively for the operating system, so I had a thought about external HDD units. I finally settled on a Seagate 2.5 inch 1 terrabyte drive. It is powered exclusively through the USB port, so will draw significantly less power than a 3.5 inch drive.
Obviously this will be no powerhouse home media centre, however I can see that it would be useful in so many other areas, particularly since it will cost so little to run. Of course the most important thing as far as I am concerned is that I have a low cost test bed to learn on.
Well, there I have my hardware setup. Works smoothly and sits there unobtrusively.
Next, the Software and options to think about.....
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