On 03/10/2007, Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Harrison wrote: > > > > I have a number of mates who install "home automation" stuff (web > > control of lights, multi-room audio and so on.) > > > > Quite a few of them have moved to laptops for the "home control servers" > > because of their ability to handle short power outages gracefully! > > > > For my home servers, I use some Via ITX stuff from www.linitx.com > > > > M. > > > > > > Ok lads and ladies, I've been giving this some thought now. I can't > afford a new server machine, and probably shouldn't be running this > monster 24/7. Digging around, in my price range is a Linksys NSLU2 > (about £60..) which can be reflashed with Debian. > > I reckon that this would be enough (with a SATA to USB case for one of > the drives) to do what I need the server to do....... would this be a > better solution? > > I had a look on ebay at laptops but most of them seem to be a con and > not have HDD's/Power Supplies, both of which are relativley expensive. > > I'm open to any idea's on better solutions too! >
HBS [http://www.hbs.uk.com/] is the place I got my cheap laptop from. I'm not sure if they have a nationwide contract with local services but they do with Lincoln City Council. Might be worth asking your local Council for a contact. Philip -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
