I just realized that it's been a little over a year since I pretty much permanently switched from Windows to Linux! I had been using Linux on and off over the past 10 years or so, but it wasn't until a year ago that I seriously ditched Windows in favor of Linux. On December 30, 2004 I blogged about my Gentoo installation, which I had completed the week before....
I just added another external hard drive to my Linux system, and now I'm wondering about a few potential issues....
A good week ago, I decided to install Kubuntu Linux at home, replacing my previous Gentoo Linux installation. Overall I was very happy with Gentoo, and it still ranks high among my favorite Linux distributions....
I just set my Linux box up as an iTunes server. After seeing how easy it was to get this working (not least because of Gentoo's excellent package management), I'm almost annoyed at myself for putting this off for so long....
I haven't tried it yet, but it is possible to set up Linux as an iTunes server, allowing any Windows or Apple machines on the network running iTunes to browse and play any music on that server. This sounds ideal for me, as my music collection lives on my desktop PC that usually runs Linux, while my wife and I often use our wireless laptops....