Nathan Pralle - www.nathanpralle.com
PLACES TO GO: Home Mineself Résumé Employment Technology Wife Child Friends Pets Hobbies Texts Photos Beliefs Software Blog Downloads Contact People		Technology What do I run, what do I program, what do I like for technology, etc....that's what this page is all about. My Home Computer Setup This is definately for the geek audience. Current computer lineup: Name OS Machine Function and Notes Coffee Slackware Linux 9.1 Pentium I 100mHz Firewall with IPTables, connected to internal network and MediaCom cable Internet, 3Mbps down, 256 up. Also runs my email-to-SMS service and Facebook notification service. Seven Windows Vista Home Pentium Celeron 1.3GHz, 3GB RAM, 80GB & 160GB HDs Yolanda's workstation DJ Slackware Linux 8.1 Pentium I 75mHz MP3 Jukebox running CAMP, hooked to the network and my Pioneer stereo system in the living room. Mirrormere Slackware Linux 10.2 Pentium III 300mHz Asterisk VoIP server, HooDaHek server, and MP3 server Simon Kubuntu 7.04 Fiesty Fox AMD Athlon XP 2200+, 768MB RAM, 20GB, 120GB, 40GB HDs Nathan's workstation, Calendar & Address Book Server Budgie Slackware 10.2 Pentium 120 Webserver and central Database server Ink Windows 98 SE Pentium 200 This computer gives Yolanda Internet access in her stamping room. Larissa Windows 98 SE Pentium 1.3GHz, 256MB, 10G HD Basement workbench workstation Gimli Slackware 9.1 Pentium 233 This computer runs my Dallas 1-wire network of temperature probes and generates the related graphs and output. The computers are connected via a Cat-5E wired 10/100bT LAN which is distributed from several hubs and a 2 48-port patch panel. I also have an Intermec 802.11b wireless access point broadcasting network services under the SSID of "ORANGENET". Stereo The stereo system is a 150W Pioneer system. DJ is a 75mHz Pentium that mounts my MP3 collection on Mirromere via NFS. He decodes and plays straight to the stereo which blasts it around the house -- a very nice setup. DJ is controllable through any computer on the network via a program called Camp. About 8,500 MP3s on shuffle all the time gives me a lot of music options. The stereo is also connected to the Motorola DVD player, an Emerson 4-head VCR, and a 32" TV for good movie watching. VoIP I make good use of VoIP -- Voice over IP -- in our house. I have an Asterisk server named Mirrormere that contains a network card and a Digium Wildcard X100P FXO interface card to connect to the PSTN. I also run a Grandstream Handytone 486 SIP adapter to use as a phone to dial out from. This Asterisk server then either dials out on the PSTN or talks IAX2 to BinFone's servers to communicate over the Internet. This results in cheap long distance calling -- 2.5 cents to the US, 3 cents to Australia. Very handy. It has single-handedly taken our LD bill down to about $20/month. Linux I'm a huge fan of Linux and tend to run either Slackware Linux which I consider to be excellent for the computer geeks out there or Kubuntu which is a great desktop distribution. I like Linux because it gives me the opportunity to stretch my legs with my computers, to configure to my heart is content, and to control almost every single aspect of my computer's operation. Windows is too limited in what it can do for me, a geek, so I highly dislike it (besides obvious issues of security, stability, etc.) If you haven't tried Linux and are thinking about it, I really encourage it. Send me an email and I can try to get you started or at least pointed in the right direction. This site and all content (C)2002-2008 Nathan E. Pralle (www.nathanpralle.com).