Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3175 mails)

[Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 03 April 2007 02:10, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> ...
>
> By the way, I just seen for the home market HD external boxes with an
> ethernet port: small cpu + some memory. Some support some kind of ftp
> or http server,

NFS and / or CIFS are usually the primary file access protocols and 
administration is typically done via a Web-based interface, just as 
routers, DSL and cable modems typically are.


> some have some kind of security, some support linux 
> clients, other only windows. Still too green, IMO, but interesting.

"Too green?" As in too new to trust? I tend to think not, since there's 
no advanced technology in them. Just a small, low-power computer with 
an Ethernet interface, some disks, a power supply and a smidgeon of 
custom software. I'll bet most of them use nearly 100% open-source 
software--they certainly could get almost all the required software off 
the open-source shelf.


I wonder if I could make my TiVO double as a backup server?


Randall schulz
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