{"id":326,"date":"2008-10-06T14:18:26","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T21:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=326"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:11:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:11:12","slug":"old-dell-debian-etch-instant-development-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/old-dell-debian-etch-instant-development-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Dell + Debian Etch = Instant Development Server"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier this year I replaced my desktop PC, a Dell Dimension 4700<\/a>, with a Mac Mini<\/a> as part of my effort go 100% Mac for my home computing.\u00a0 OS X<\/a> is a terrific platform for the desktop power user because it looks great, feels great, is well supported by open source projects.\u00a0 It also runs on a variant of Unix<\/a> giving you full shell access and lots of other great stuff.<\/p>\n

Since then, the Dell has been sitting by my desk, waiting for a good use.\u00a0 I already have a Linkstation Live<\/a> that I use for a low power home server (print server, mt-daapd, subversion, samba, etc.) so I didn’t have an immediate need for another PC around the house.<\/p>\n

Last week I started playing with OpenWRT<\/a> as part of a neat new project that will be an upcoming feature on this blog.\u00a0 I suddenly needed a Linux environment and some extra computing power to help build custom OpenWRT images.\u00a0 Debian<\/a> to the rescue!<\/p>\n

Before anyone says anything, I don’t really have anything against the incredibly popular desktop Linux distro Ubuntu<\/a>.\u00a0 The real reason I choose Debian is that I know Debian, and Debian just works.\u00a0 My new server runs headless<\/a> and I use ssh<\/a> to login and compile from my Mac, so the advanced graphical features<\/a> of Ubuntu would be lost on me.<\/p>\n

Installing Debian is a breeze.\u00a0 Within 30 minutes of burning the Debian quick start CD<\/a>, I was up and running.\u00a0 After installing a few addon packages, I was compiling OpenWRT images.<\/p>\n

Instant development server.\u00a0 Awesome.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year I replaced my desktop PC, a Dell Dimension 4700, with a Mac Mini as part of my effort go 100% Mac for my home computing.\u00a0 OS X is a terrific platform for the desktop power user because it looks great, feels great, is well supported by open source projects.\u00a0 It also runs … Continue reading Old Dell + Debian Etch = Instant Development Server<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[443],"tags":[67,66,68],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects-2","tag-debian","tag-linux","tag-openwrt"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-5g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":516,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/building-a-wifi-radio-part-4-installing-openwrt\/","url_meta":{"origin":326,"position":0},"title":"Building a Wifi Radio – Part 4, Installing OpenWrt","author":"Jeff","date":"November 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the fourth part of an ongoing series about building a low cost, open source streaming internet radio.\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t already, check out parts one, two, and three for some background about the project. 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