And its up!

After putting together the PC, and fighting with trying to run Linux from a thumb-drive, I finally caved and installed the 1TB drive I bought and got XBMC working. First movie: The Dark Knight.

At this point, I am looking to tune it a little more, as well as add some plugins and automation, so I don't have to leave the PC on all the time (not very green). I'm also trying to figure out a way to have the linux drive appear (maybe as a folder) on my Mac so I can drag and drop stuff to it, or even better, download to that drive directly.

Will post updates as I have them.