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I don’t really know much about Linux and the multiple derivatives of each possible Linux based O/S. [I feel that I'm committing some sort of blasphemy by lumping them all into "...Linux and multiple derivatives of each..." but I digress.] I just know FreeBSD is not the same as Debian, and vice versa.
After a few days of tinkering with Debian-based OpenMediaVault, I have come to the conclusion that I like it more than the FreeBSD version which is named FreeNAS 0.7.X — I have to say that the coder of OMV, Volker, is definitely on the right track by making it Debian based. I found that FreeBSD-based FreeNAS to be very clunky and not something that I could ever return to. Sure, losing the possibility of having a ZFS file system really does suck, but I feel that I myself am too much of a casual user to ever go that deep into data redundancy and securing data. However, if I ever wanted to be nerdy and had money to shell out for the crazy ass system requirements of ZFS, I would move onto Nexenta Community Edition as suggested by Justin Big, and bypass FreeNAS all together.
Anyways, back to the point. I love OMV. I am impressed by the unofficial MiniDLNA plugin, as I have found that it will stream flawlessly to my Samsung Smart TV, and it will play .mkv files with .srt subtitles. MiniDLNA does not actually transcode files, and I can live with it as my TV is capable of playing such files. I would prefer that OMV offer Serviio as the UPnP application but I think that would just ‘up’ the requirements by that much more. I have not wanted to invest any money into my home-server as I pieced it together with spare computer parts that I had collecting dust.
Now, if only the prices on hard drives would drop a little bit more for me to buy three 2TB hard drives, plus one more 2TB drive as a spare backup for a Raid5 file system on my OMV server…
From FreeNAS to OpenMediaVault
FreeNAS failed me in the aspect that Fuppes could not stream any of my video files to my Samsung SmartTV, so before I invested too much time into FreeNAS, I gave OpenMediaVault a try.
OMV was coded from someone that used to be on the FreeNAS tream, but instead of staying with FreeBSD coding, be decided to base it on Debian. I’m not a Linux or OpenSource nerd or any thing but I will admit that OMV is a lot easier for me to use. The option that made me seal the deal was that there was an unofficial MiniDLNA plugin that would stream .mkv files along with .srt subtitle files, and I just fell in love with my new server.
All I have to do now is invest in a few 2TB hard drives to really make it worth my while, but I’ll make do with what I have right now.
So Much For That
In my previous entry, I wrote about how I was going to try and save money.
Well, scratch that idea out because when I went to pick up my mom’s TV after it was done being repaired, I had crashed my mom’s minivan into the side of the garage because I cut it too close to the wall. Sigh.
Two bung up minivan doors, a busted side to the garage and one majorly bruised ego proved that fixing this damned TV was more expensive than buying her a new one.
Spending
I really need to cut back on my spending habits. I’m spending money faster than I can make it (okay, not really, well maybe if I wasn’t a mooch and still living at home with my folks until I get my life on track, but screw the details). All I know is that my bills are coming out to be more than $1k a month and I really don’t know how that’s happening, egads.
Worst yet is that my mom’s LCD TV is about to crap out and I don’t think she wants to buy a new TV as much as she wants to just fix it. Which is fine with me, because they just watch their Vietnamese soap operas and what not, so she doesn’t need some super HD shit that she doesn’t know how to use. But anyways, back to the point, I’m sure it’ll be a few hundred to fix this TV, and it just might be cheaper to try and get a new one.
Feedback
I want to get the DDM cold air intake for my MINI.
And, I made a deal with Dave to finish up fixing my OEM wheels, lol.
The mod bug totally has me in it’s web of wallet-death.
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