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MarkW7

MarkW7

MarkW7

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Hello everybody. :p

I've run into a Few Problems,
My Situation:

Dell Optiplex GX1.
P3, 500MHz
Max Ram; 768MB

I have a few ideas on what to use it as but nothing concrete.

Ideas: :)

1. Home Security - Will have 2x USB cameras plugged into it BUT i want to view them locally, eg. 192.168.2.1 or even better anywere i go via laptop. [I am not willing to port forward or put security at risk]

2. Some sort of machine again i can connect to as a web proxy, firewall thing when i am on the go with my laptop [ Mainly school] there server rocks [well sucks for me because everything is blocked] so i was thinking i can connect back to this someway and just go on anything?

3. Router/ something similar?

Any other ideas?

Now down to an OS.

The harddrive is blank and i have the disks to:

Windows XP
Backtrack 3
Crunchbang [wont run because of only 4mb GPU]
Anything free i can download and burn.

Seems a shame to do nothing with it.

Fully open to all ideas, everything is welcomed.
Thank you, Mark.

;)
 
1. I'm a bit unsure about port forwarding unless i did have very good security measures to cover it.

2. I'm willing to give anything ago :D - Same with ports and i don't know if school's will be open.

3. I'm unsure what the last option involves.

Electirc bills may be a bit of an issue, - would it be possible to have it as a webcam security base, a machine i can connect to when i'm away [With my laptop] so i can safely browse the web therefore meaning no blocked sites like school.

Thanks for the reply.
 
Audigex said:
Install linux on it, you can easily do all three and use it to stream media accross the network when you're at home aswell.
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Sounds good, so it is possible to get all 3 into 1?
What Linux would you recommend?
Do you know any software that can get my USB web cams a local ip so i can get them accross the network?
 
Can i get all 3 in one?

I'm not that new too linux i've got the basic knowledge and i've triple booted, XP, ubuntu and BT (through terminal).
And i'm willing to pick things up.
 
Got debian to start; what do i choose??

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I'll check vnc out when i have done this :D
Thanks.
 
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