After reading yesterday’s post, some of you may be wondering,”Why OpenBSD will be used on the server?” Well to sum it up, the server will be running almost 24/7 even though I have it currently as a private server, I might open it up to the internet someday. As for Linux and FreeBSD? I love them both but, as a desktop OS. Either Damn Small Linux or NetBSD will be going on a NAS device I plan to build in H1/2009 – H2/2010. Why either of them? 1) They’re small (for those who maybe still skeptical, you should try them of yourselves or if you want, e-mail me at nolanhaynes at gmail dot com and I’ll post the disk usage of an actual installation.) 2) They are (to myself and many others at least) easily modifiable to suit your needs. 3) They are light on resources. I ran Damn Small Linux from a CD on the server (while it was still my primary computer) and it felt like I had a brand new system instead of (at the time) a two year old computer. 4) They can be installed to a 256 – 512 MB flash drive with room to spare. 5) Did I already mention that they’re incredibly tiny? Only embedded and super small ‘CLI’ operating systems can go smaller as far I know. As for the configuration of the NAS I intend to build, I will be posting the list of parts tomorrow as part of a series called Dream Builds. How long the series will run or how often I will post them will depend on my schedule but I hope to post a new Dream Build every two weeks to a month as time permits. I also will be entering a contest for developing applications for the Open Handset Alliance’s Android platform in Q1/2008. I’ll post more details about it on Thursday.