[GRLUG] Net-top as server?

[Steve Romanow]

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> This makes more sense to be;  the computing power per $ of the netbook
> families just doesn't make sense.
>
> On the other hand, I've found, if you have a solid Internet connection
> just buy a VM from somebody like Linnode and use that as your server -
> $20 a month for something way more powerful than a netbook and the power
> cost [to you] is zero.  You still get all the power of your own box from
> console & root access on down.  And the added benefit that you don't
> have to worry about the house cat piddling on the thing.
>
>
>   
Could you use such a machine for local services like dnsmasq, upnp 
server, etc?  I thought it would be best to have most of these services 
"inhouse" especially if the disk storage holding the media is local.