Charles L. Cotton wrote:Thanks for all of the great input folks! With the Texas Legislative Session right around the corner, I guess I'd better not take on another project that requires me to learn something new.
If you're just looking for a fileserver, it's pretty easy. Grab a machine that's too slow to do anything else, fill all IDE channels with cheap drives, and install one of the easy distros like Ubuntu or PCLinuxOS. Set up Samba, and never have to mess with it again...until curiosity gets the better of you and you start wondering what else you could be using it for.