i need to figure out what OS i want to use for my new server.
i will be using it as a web server, file server, media server, htpc.
i want to be able to code on it and i love ubuntu for coding in.
i am not sure how well ubuntu would be as a media server and htpc, as far as the drivers go. sound drivers have always seemed pretty poor in ubuntu.
if i went with ubuntu then i would only use ubuntu for everything.
if i went with windows, then i would be using ubuntu in a VM for coding purposes, but how slow would that be? especially if i remoted in from a computer on the lan.
and which which windows should i use? vista? server 2008?
i also have the ATI 650 tv tuner and i need it to work properly
server specs:
e5200
ASUS P5Q-EM
4GB ram
640GB hdd for OS and w/e else
3x1TB for storage
i will be using it as a web server, file server, media server, htpc.
i want to be able to code on it and i love ubuntu for coding in.
i am not sure how well ubuntu would be as a media server and htpc, as far as the drivers go. sound drivers have always seemed pretty poor in ubuntu.
if i went with ubuntu then i would only use ubuntu for everything.
if i went with windows, then i would be using ubuntu in a VM for coding purposes, but how slow would that be? especially if i remoted in from a computer on the lan.
and which which windows should i use? vista? server 2008?
i also have the ATI 650 tv tuner and i need it to work properly
server specs:
e5200
ASUS P5Q-EM
4GB ram
640GB hdd for OS and w/e else
3x1TB for storage