On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:29:42 +0000, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

>>> (For reasons unknown, a bazillion SSH *clients* for Windows exist, but
>>> not one single *server* that doesn't cost £££.)
>>
>> Wrong.  Cygwin comes with sshd based on openssh, and it costs nothing.
> 
> It seems rather silly to install an entire Unix emulator just to run one
> tiny application... but sure, I guess that works.

You don't need to install the whole thing, installing sshd + the cygwin 
DLLs is sufficient (the installation is quite granular).

>>>> Media centers seems fairly popular as well.
>>>
>>> I must admit, I have no idea what that actually means.
>>
>> A PC that's hooked up to a TV to play audio/video.
> 
> Perhaps the part I don't understand is "why would you ever want to do
> this?"

Because you have a collection of video files that you want to watch on 
your TV?

Because maybe you want to rip your DVD collection to a digital format so 
you can access them all without having to take them out of the case? (I 
know people who do that - it's the same reason one might rip a CD to MP3s 
- some do it so the original media won't be damaged or worn through use).

> Then again, I also don't understand why anybody would ever buy "digital
> picture frames"...

I guess you're just old-fashioned and would prefer paper that 
deteriorates over time, or if you want to change a picture you're 
displaying, take it out and put another one in. ;)

Jim

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