Some
particulars regarding this computer:
It is a regular "desktop" computer like one might have at home
although this one usually does not have a mouse, monitor or keyboard plugged
into it, as it can be administered remotely. A most unusual feature of
this computer is that it is not contained in a case or tower like most
computers, but the components are arranged on a board, framed and hung
on the wall. While this may not be art, it is
unusual and fun. There are two drives used by the computer, a 16 gig 15,000rpm SCSI drive containing the
operating system and a 120 gig IDE drive where web pages and other saved files are
kept. Several web sites, or domains are hosted here. It was built on
the cheap !
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Yet another UPGRADE ! (May '07)
Ubuntu Linux 7.04 LAMP server
Pentium 4, 2.8GHz Processor
1 GB RAM
Apache/2.2.3 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.1 Server
We had a desire to revert back to Linux as we were no longer chummy with the BSD admins we once knew and had more familiarity with Linux. We'd been installing Ubuntu on our charitable distributed computers since the New Orleans Project (computerdropoff.org) so it was our distro of choice for the wall server. We tried it on SparcUltra 1s and an Ultra 5, a dual-Pentium III but settled on this P4. Our initial attempts using Linux for this go 'round offered frustrationas the network would go down every night without obvious cause. We tried changing the NICs, the cabling and switch, the OS and finally a forum reader pointed out our error. Running well now :)
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MAJOR
UPGRADE ! (Sep '03)
Fedora Core Linux has been replaced by FreeBSD Unix version 5.4
AMD K6 500MHz Processor has been replaced with an
AMD Athalon 750MHz Processor.
The Gigabyte motherboard is now a GA7ZX
In addition to switching to FreeBSD, a primary motivator for the upgrade
was a serendipitously obtained stick of RAM,
which brings the total to 768MB
Apache/2.0.55 (FreeBSD) PHP/5.0.5 Server
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Details: (Oct '01)
AMD 500MHz processor (eBay - $22).
Gigabyte GA5AX Motherboard (eBay - $14).
256MB RAM ($44)
4MB video card (donated :-)
8x CD-ROM drive (donated :-)
Fedora Core 3 operating system (free download :-)
Apache/2.0.53 (Unix) PHP/4.3.10 Server (free download :-)
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