Re: [ubuntu-uk] LAN filesharing

2007-01-17 Thread David Morley
On 16/01/07, Lee Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam McMaster wrote: > > On 12 Jan 2007, at 11:35, Lee Willis wrote: > > > > > >> - Cheap PC with Ubuntu/SAMBA & iFolder to keep everything in sync > >> (Anyone used this?) > >> > >> Any suggestions from people who've implemented one of the abov

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LAN filesharing

2007-01-16 Thread Lee Willis
Adam McMaster wrote: > On 12 Jan 2007, at 11:35, Lee Willis wrote: > > >> - Cheap PC with Ubuntu/SAMBA & iFolder to keep everything in sync >> (Anyone used this?) >> >> Any suggestions from people who've implemented one of the above (Or >> something similar), I'm particularly interested in how

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LAN filesharing

2007-01-12 Thread Stuart Parkington
Lee Willis wrote: > Any suggestions from people who've implemented one of the above (Or > something similar), I'm particularly interested in how low a spec PC I > could get away with for the PC options. Lee, I run my home server on a little old SFF Compaq Desktop EN of PII (500MHz) with 128MB R

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LAN filesharing

2007-01-12 Thread Stephen Garton
On 12/01/07, Adam McMaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've never used iFolder, but you might want to take a look at > Unison. I use it to keep things in sync between my PC (currently > Debian) and my Mac, and also between my PC and my account at Uni > (Ubuntu). I'm pretty sure you can run it on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LAN filesharing

2007-01-12 Thread Jonathan Roberts
> My initial thoughts are either: > - Cheap NAS & forget about syncing (But would prefer PC as I can do > unattended downloading every time the next ubuntu release etc. comes out!) > - Cheap PC (Anyone know of anywhere that sells OS-less cheap PCs in the > UK?) with Ubuntu/SAMBA & forget about the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LAN filesharing

2007-01-12 Thread Adam McMaster
On 12 Jan 2007, at 11:35, Lee Willis wrote: > - Cheap PC with Ubuntu/SAMBA & iFolder to keep everything in sync > (Anyone used this?) > > Any suggestions from people who've implemented one of the above (Or > something similar), I'm particularly interested in how low a spec PC I > could get away w

[ubuntu-uk] LAN filesharing

2007-01-12 Thread Lee Willis
I'm looking to put a small server in place to store all of my digital photos/music etc. so I can keep them in one place (Instead of scattered between the study (XP Home) and the laptop (XP Home/Ubuntu) depending on where I am when I take them off the camera!). My first thought would be to get a