So here's my plan: I'm replacing my 6 year old computer with a new one, and rather than junking it or giving it away, I was thinking of throwing in a new hard drive and using it as a music jukebox, hooked up to my stereo. Here's my question, is it possible, or does it make sense, to remove the OS (ie, Windows XP) for efficiencies sake, as I'd prefer not to waste resources running Windows since I'd really only need to play mp3's, ogg, FLAC files etc, and be able to rip CD's, encode, etc... IS there any way to do this, ie, some sort of music management/jukebox program with a UI that can replace Windows? I thought I've heard people discussing this, but maybe I'm mistaken, and it's not even possible.
