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Diskless HTPC using DD-WRT (PXE), Ubuntu/XBMC and FreeNAS (TFTP, NFS)

Given that I spent time and money on my FeeNAS node, I want to maximize its usage, so when a friend told me that I can use PXE and NFS to boot a diskless computer from the network, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to try somehing new and activate some more services under FreeNAS!

Matrix Orbital GX Typhoon USB Graphic Display

My HTPC lack a graphical display. I want to see the play length of my movies, the temp of my CPU and the upload/download information of my torrents.
I first thought to purchase a VFD based display, but aren’t we after year 2000? Therefore, a greenish old style display is not really appealing.
But, I found what [...]

Asus eee, Hype but lack resolution

The eee pc is a great product but it definitely lacks a minimum of 1024  pixels wide resolution.
I can deal with a limited battery autonomy, a small HDD (even more when it is easily expandable with USB ports), but I can’t resign myself to look at the world in a tiny window.
For years, I have [...]

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