linuxdevices.com— This tiny device can serve as an ultra-low-cost platform for thin-client, kiosk, and electronic signage apps, or as an affordable PC for students and others in developing countries.
Aug 23, 2006View in Crawl 4
xubuntu should work on it (installed on an k6-2@300), i have to try to put the drive (with xubuntu) at home on the p166 machine ;) I remember i had something (fedora i think) installed on it and nautilus and mozilla were slow on it
Why in the world would you need 8GB of flash? If there's an onboard IDE controller, might be able to attach a regular hard drive for greater storage capacity. Worst case scenario, you can use a USB hard drive, albeit at 1.1 speeds . . .
If I ever need a little router or firewall, this sucker is going to be it! Awesome. Though I might run OpenBSD on it, I think pf's config file is much nicer than configuring iptables.
This device lets you experience SoC (system on chip) design as a consumer. Then you could think about new ways of using it. It will be good to see teachers using this device, something that they can take anywhere with their teaching portfolio, that can be served over the LAN. (But for teachers to carry this, maybe some redesign of the box is needed.)
120 dollars!my 400mhz 64mb ram pocketpc circa 2002 cost me only £115and it can run more than puppy.... 166mhz MMX and 64mb RAM runs debian sarge with gnome just fine for me
I find the only thing I have time to use my computer at home for is word-processing. I believe it is time we start to sell computers to consumers based on what they will actually use it for: surfing, email, and word-processing. As displays continue to decrease in price, we may soon be able to pick up a minimalist computer/display for about the same price as a DeskJet printer. Email and document programs would be available online. Of course recycling of these disposable would still be an issue.
mariuzAug 24, 2006
xubuntu should work on it (installed on an k6-2@300), i have to try to put the drive (with xubuntu) at home on the p166 machine ;) I remember i had something (fedora i think) installed on it and nautilus and mozilla were slow on it
orangecrushAug 24, 2006
Why in the world would you need 8GB of flash? If there's an onboard IDE controller, might be able to attach a regular hard drive for greater storage capacity. Worst case scenario, you can use a USB hard drive, albeit at 1.1 speeds . . .
devicenullAug 24, 2006
I'm glad I'm not the only one that saw this and thought.. Wow, this would make a perfect firewall.
akinderAug 24, 2006
Ack, way too much ePenis comparing going on in this thread
reziarfgAug 24, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://www.picotux.com/">http://www.picotux.com/</a>:)
addicted68098Aug 24, 2006
That would be a fun thing to mess around with. I wonder if you could turn it into a DVR?
saiingAug 25, 2006
Underpowered? Depends what you use it for. I used to be able to saturate a T1 line with a 486SX running the Zeus web server.
nofxjunkeeAug 25, 2006
If I ever need a little router or firewall, this sucker is going to be it! Awesome. Though I might run OpenBSD on it, I think pf's config file is much nicer than configuring iptables.
raffyAug 29, 2006
This device lets you experience SoC (system on chip) design as a consumer. Then you could think about new ways of using it. It will be good to see teachers using this device, something that they can take anywhere with their teaching portfolio, that can be served over the LAN. (But for teachers to carry this, maybe some redesign of the box is needed.)
jbennetSep 25, 2006
120 dollars!my 400mhz 64mb ram pocketpc circa 2002 cost me only £115and it can run more than puppy.... 166mhz MMX and 64mb RAM runs debian sarge with gnome just fine for me
ecsnorwayDec 12, 2006
I find the only thing I have time to use my computer at home for is word-processing. I believe it is time we start to sell computers to consumers based on what they will actually use it for: surfing, email, and word-processing. As displays continue to decrease in price, we may soon be able to pick up a minimalist computer/display for about the same price as a DeskJet printer. Email and document programs would be available online. Of course recycling of these disposable would still be an issue.