How To Set Up A Linux Home Media Server?
Question: I have a P4 2.2ghz PC with a 300gb HD, and I want to install a distro of Linux that I can have connect to my home network so that I can have all my pictures and music on one computer, but be able to access them on my four Windows XP systems. I have very little previous experience with Linux. My network is wireless, but this computer will be wired to the router directly. I would like to have full access to these files, not just streaming capabilities, similar to the way you can share folders on the Windows Network.
Answer:
Most linux distros include the samba/smb server, which is what windows networking/file sharing is.
Below is a couple guides on doing this.
Try
http://www.mythtv.org/
Also see:
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/0...
Any Linux distribution should do what you ask. Ubuntu ( http://www.ubuntu.com ) installs easily and is simple to work with; use the Kubuntu distribution if (like me) you prefer KDE to GNOME desktop.
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