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From expensive dual core Athlon to cheap Soekris

These are some of my experiences moving my Debian web/mail/backup server from dual core Athlon to Soekris architecture. First of all, the reasons for doing this:

multimedia multi-user Ubuntu update troubles

Up to an update performed earlier this year (2011, don't know which update ruined my system), I was able to play (officially acquired!) DVDs. Actually, I never tried more than one: the (belgian) Hopla DVD for my son. Myself, I'm more of a commandline person, so there was no need to experiment.
Then, I bought a UK DVD, Meg and Mog, which did not play on my system. I first tried with the standard Ubuntu movie player, which is Totem with gstreamer. It said:

Totem:

"Totem was not able to play the disc: no reason"

Baby portrait of Herman

This is Herman, 2 months old:

(click on the image to see full size)

This is oilpaint on canvas, 50x50cm.

Here is the original picture.

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