I meant the wind noise of the fan. I really notice it late at night. Of
course this wouldn't be a problem in a car and probably not at all when the
music is playing.

I am just learning to use Linux myself and I agree the learning curve is
steep. However, I have already discovered things are just that much more
reliable than on Windows. This has been very apparent when ripping CD's. I
decided to go this way because after years of use I had the impression that
Windows couldn't run long enough to play a whole CD. Not in one go.
<straight face>

>
>> What about
>> fan noise. Is it possible to load this motherboard you have suggested
with a
>> processor that doesn't need a fan. I have discovered you can get away
with
>> less processing power doing MP3 stuff under Linux than Windows. This
might
>> help.
>>
>> Steve
>
>I'm not to sure if you can get a processor without a fan these days. What
sort
>of fan noise do you mean? wind noise or electrical noise.
>I'd say you could get away with less processing power under linux than
windows
>(it also would save you buying a copy of windows) and if I was experienced
>enough in Linux I'd probably go that way myself.
>Ive mentioned this Idea to friends and  if I got this working I think
Iwould be
>making four of them rather than one.
>Regards
>Stuart
>