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melloe
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 Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2025 2:16 am Post subject: VortexBox 1.0 music server or jukebox: |
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NEW • Distribution Release: VortexBox 1.0
vortexbox Andrew Gillis has announced the release of VortexBox 1.0, a Fedora-based server distribution that turns an unused computer into an music server or jukebox: "VortexBox 1.0 released. After several months of hard work we have released VortexBox 1.0. It has many of the features requested by the community including: FLAC to Apple Lossless (m4a) mirroring through the web GUI; MusicBrainz and CDDB used for ID3 tags; tool tips for each section in the GUI; Logitech SqueezeCenter 7.4.1 pre-installed and configured; software upgrade through the web GUI. VortexBox 1.0 also has a lot of bug fixes including better handling of existing cover art. You can update to this version from the command line." Read the release announcement http://vortexbox.org/2009/12/vortexbox-1-0-released/
visit the project's home page ??? http://vortexbox.org/
Download http://vortexbox.org/downloads/
or at www.distrowatch.com
(MD5): vortexbox-1.0.iso (524MB).
Warning: VortexBox is a server operating system that requires a complete hard disk (it cannot be installed to a hard disk partition).
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melloe
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I agree
I have an old Tyan Dual I used as a server at the club now with 2K and SuSE of seperate drives that I am not using for anything now. That and several PATA drives now not used lead me to think about trying it.
If I get motivated to do so will report back.
As a side note, the tyan motherboard bit the dust ~ sigh
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melloe
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2025 2:40 am Post subject: VortexBox 1.2 |
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NEW • Distribution Release: VortexBox 1.2
VortexBox Andrew Gillis has announced the release of VortexBox 1.2, a a Fedora-based Linux distribution with the goal of turning an unused computer into an easy-to-use music server or jukebox: "VortexBox 1.2 released. The VortexBox community has been working hard on this release. We have added a lot of new features to make VortexBox the best NAS for SqueezeBox. These include adding the new SquuezeBox Server 7.4.2 and fixing some critical bugs in VortexBox Player. VortexBox Player is now the highest resolutions (192/24) player available that is compatible with SqueezeBox Server (SBS). The new package manager allows new software packages to be installed from the GUI. The Sonos web GUI can now be installed from the GUI making VortexBox the best NAS for Sonos players. We have fixed the MP3 encoding with better support for genre and cover art that works well in all applications." Consult the complete release announcement for additional information. http://vortexbox.org/2010/03/716/
Download http://vortexbox.org/downloads/
Or at www.distrowatch.com
(MD5): vortexbox-1.2.iso (537MB).
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2025 6:45 pm Post subject: VortexBox 1.3 |
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Distribution Release: VortexBox 1.3
VortexBox Andrew Gillis has announced the release of VortexBox 1.3, an easy-to-use Fedora-based music server and jukebox: VortexBox 1.3 released today. This release includes lots of new features and bug fixes. We have the latest version of SqueezeBox Server and all the latest versions of the 3rd party projects that make up VortexBox. We have also added Subsonic, a new GUI that allows you to manage your music collection and stream it to iPods and Android players. New features include: Logitech SqueezeBox Server 7.5.0 pre installed and configured; Subsonic music interface for remote playing; edit your tags and cover art using the Subsonic web GUI; latest version of TwonkeyMedia Server; many bug fixes including USB backup manager; file sharing fix for OS X 10.6.3; auto re-index after rip for Sonos players. To upgrade your existing system you can use the updater in the VortexBox GUI." Here is the brief release announcement. http://vortexbox.org/2010/04/vortexbox-1-3-released/
Download http://vortexbox.org/downloads/
Or at www.distrowatch.com
(MD5): vortexbox-1.3.iso (592MB).
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mell0: 1. Kubuntu, XP, Sabayon 2. Mandriva,Mint, Mephis
Thor: 1. VISTA, Fedora 2. Chakra, Debian
Sam:XP, SuSE Zues: win7, SuSE testing
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