Low end PC as home server, what package should I install?

[Matthew Clarke]

That machine could serve alright as a home server, although installing the
server edition would be much preferable to a desktop. A GUI would take a
hefty chunk out of your available RAM. (Gnome is big, but I'm not sure about
xubuntu's RAM footprint)

Samba is the main package that you will need.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba.

On Feb 19, 2008 12:28 AM, Raymond Lee <raycml at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have an IBM desktop PC (about Windows 98 2nd release(or whatever it
> was called that started support USB devices) time frame). I have added
> to a total of 192MB.
>
> I want to turn it into a home server for other machines (one Windows
> Vista home basic, one Windows XP Pro) for access of multimedia data
> (photos and music) by attaching an 80GB or 160GB PATA drives which are
> dirt cheap now. Do you think it is a feasible solution? I think I'll
> need Samba. Is it included in the desktop version or the server version
> of Ubuntu? Considering the power of the system being on the low end,
> should I do Xubuntu? If so, again, is Samba included?
>
> If this sounds ok, what about I move a step forward by installing a RAID
> adapter and run disk mirroring? Are there any such adapters (PCI bus)
> that are supported by Ubuntu?
>
> Are there any online resources for help in starting Samba on Ubuntu?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Raymond
>
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