I have a main desktop, dual boot XP & Ubuntu 10.04, with a 0+1 RAID of 1TB that I use for family photos etc. and torrents, primarily anime. My home network includes my wife's laptop, another dual boot desktop used by a relative in the basement, a Netgear WNR3500L wireless router w/usb, and whatever laptops or game stations the grandkids bring from across the street.

File and printer sharing has been very hit or miss under XP and I am still messing with registry values to eliminate a "Not enough server storage" error. I am down to less than printer200GB free on the RAID and want to move 600+GB of torrents to network storage. My son, a s/w engineer w/AMI (BIOS), suggested I set up a linnux server to solve the problems but I don't have the budget for an acceptable motherboard, memory, drives, etc.

I can get a Pogoplug Pro and a 2TB USB drive for $150. Can I also attach a couple of printers for LAN access?