Software Recommendations

[Metalhead01]

I'm going to be setting up a Linux servor for my uncle's home network (with Gentoo, of course), and I need some program recommendations.

What I'll be doing is:


File Backup
MP3 Server (for comps & home stereo system)
Firewall


The network consists of:

Win98 (Dual boot w/Gentoo soon) desktop
XinXP Compaq laptop
Gentoo/WinXP desktop (mine)
Red Hat laptop (mine)

Any suggestions?

[Dun'kalis]

I'd recommend using NFS instead of Samba, since its easier to set up on Linux. You'll need to get an NFS client for Windows.

For an MP3 server, use icecast.

For backups, on Linux, just set up the proper cron jobs. On Windows, do whatever you do on Windows to set up backups.

In other words, make life easy on yourself by doing stuff the Linux (read: easy) way.

PS: dd if=/dev/hdxx of=/mnt/nfs/backups/hostname/hdxx.img could work for backups...Not too sure.