On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 11:38:35AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > I have been using the A4F machines which are also mini-ITX based > > computers: > > http://www.mappit.de/a4fsite_englisch/ > > Plus points were that they were available in a solid state configuration > > (no flash, fans or other moving parts) and could be bought without Windows > > pre-installed.
Of course what I meant to say there was 'no HDD, fans or other moving parts'... > > However for a really small formfactor and low price, I have recently > > been experimenting with the sumo thin client: > > http://wmltd.co.uk/index.php/products/nomachine_thin_client > > which has a AMD Geode GX533 or LX800 Processor. I am using the 1GB > > flash version with 100GB USB disk, but can be fitted with internal > > HDD. It has 4 USB ports and comes with Linux (Foundry) pre-installed > > as an embedded system for thin client use (xterm etc). I did a Debian > > install on the USB drive without a problem. > > > > If you really want very small formfactor, silent operation and low power, > > they seem very good. But probably not ideal for demanding applications > > like video compression. > > > > A couple more good options, thanks. I've been doing some load testing > using motion and a simple, cheap usb webcam. It seems pretty > minimal. I can barely see the cpu monitor on my panel flicker when it > fires up. I haven't checked it with tops yet, but it seems > promising. I think I can probably run 4-5 of these off one little > mini-itx box with ease. I probably won't even bother with the hard > rive and just use nfs shares on another machine to store the video. > > for those interested, I found a nice little bit of mini=itx stuff at > www.damnsmalllinux.org/store > > the prices aren't the best, but it does support a debian based > project... If you don't need a hard drive or heavy processing power, then the minimal sumo would probably be ideal - with GX processor, 128Mb Ram and 64MB flash and Linux pre-installed is only GBP 179.00 here. My LX procesor currently shows up as follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED] uname -a Linux esfclient 2.6.11-geode-02.03.0100-wml-wmllx #30 Mon Nov 27 14:11:07 Local time zone must be set--see zic man i586 unknown [EMAIL PROTECTED] free total used free shared buffers Mem: 246260 101408 144852 0 11128 Swap: 0 0 0 Total: 246260 101408 144852 [EMAIL PROTECTED] df Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 89216 89216 0 100% / tmpfs 66560 232 66328 0% /tmp /dev/hda3 853240 1692 808204 0% /etc/persistent The root filesystem as supplied on the flash is squashfs so always shows full. It certainly saves a lot of space on my desktop. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin digbyt(at)digbyt.com http://www.digbyt.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
