Stand Alone Server

[psyber]

Ok heres the deal, I got my hands on an old p3 600 and i'd like to to turn it into a stand alone linux server that I will use just for encoding movie files. I've searched the internet for something simaliar but i came up with nothing. If some one can point me into the direction of a howto on stand alone linux servers I would be a happy camper. Thanx in advance

[AndyGreen]

"Stand alone" means headless? No video just a network cable?

Install the "Minimum" set of packages on FC3. That should include openssh-server so you can ssh to the box over the network. For sharing include the samba server in the install.

[sezer]

You need to find software for what you will be encoding. Hardware drivers must be also fully supported to do what you want fast.

I dont think there are tools for shell, so you will install linux as workstation and use it like a windows box.

This is not a proper place for this topic, post it to another place, related to multimedia