one of my friends turned an old computer that didnt have a monitor into a 83gb mp3 player, and i have an old computer and was thinking about doing the same, but my question is, if you dont have a monitor and your making a faceless mp3 player out of an old computer, how do you know what you are doing? and how do you get the music on. if anyone knows what im talking about or has done it please, explain the idea, to me a little bit. thanks


-Nick

Remote desktop on windows and SSH (Secure Shell) on linux.
With a FTP deamon you can manage your files.

Things you could also try when that pc is close to your other pc:
buying a KVM switch (keyboard, Video Graphics Card, Mouse), so you can control two pc's with one keyboard and mouse.

ok. im confused. could you explain it a little more???

With remote desktop you can control a pc over a network like your sitting behind it. you can control it with the mouse and keyboard and such. search on google for remote desktop and you'll find loads of information.

Secure Shell used on linux is connecting with a useraccount on a linux pc. you can control everything by commandline.

To control your files you can use a FTP Daemon, in other words a FTP server.
So you can upload/download files from one pc to a other.