On 13 January 2015 at 14:46, Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Melvin, > > Quoting Melvin Carvalho (2015-01-13 10:57:04) > > I was wondering if this could be a candidate for a freedom box device? > > > > > http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-stick/intel-compute-stick.html > > > > Rumoured to be around $150 > > To me it is unsuitable for a FreedomBox: It lacks ethernet. >
Fair enough. In truth, I completely missed that, sorry! Though the fbx ive run in the past was based on wifi. > > Adding USB-based ethernet is not an option IMO: Quality of that is bad. > We have plenty of good options, so I see no reason to consider bad ones. > > How do you find this option better than (or on par with) the 59 > currently at <https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/TargetedHardware>? > This page passed me by, great work. I dont find this option better. However with intel's economy of scale I wonder if it could push prices down. > > Is it that architecture is AMD64? Is it the confidence that Intel is a > big company? Is it the form factor? Or perhaps you see it as a > _benefit_ that it does not include ethernet? Why do you suggest it? > Main reason is that it was trending in a few places. I do like the form factor, but the reservations pointed out make a whole lot of sense. Apologies if this came across as spam, wil try and do my homework better next time, thanks for the pointers! > > > - Jonas > > P.S. > > Also, I have not yet seen this device generally for sale anywhere. > > -- > * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt > * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ > > [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss >
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