Some 12 years of Debian experience might be enough to start useng LinuxMCE, just not much experience in editing wiki's

Hardware

MoBo: MSI 770-C45 The on-board NIC is not supported by Intrepid's native desktop kernel. Considering to the age of Intrepid I decided to build a new 2.6.34.1 kernel according to http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_ubuntu: How To Compile A Kernel - The Ubuntu Way
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 620
CPU cooler: Scythe Mugen 2 Rev. B
HD: 3x Samsung EcoGreen F2 EG HD154UI, 1.5TB
PSU: Nexus NX-5000 R3 530W; nice and silent if only the case fans could also perform that silent.
Infrared Tranceiver: IguanaIR
Case: Chieftec CA-01B-B-SL, a bit big, but lots of space for air circulation
TV-card: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-4000
GPU: Club3D 9400GT HDMI Passive.

encountered issues

 * pluto-sample-media_2.0.0.44.09112922522_i386.deb
 * video-wizard-videos_1.1_all.deb