sheeva plug for $99 looks good to begin with, has anybody tried this?
On 5/7/09, Rowel Atienza <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree that we should put a special interest on embedded linux. > > I can see this happening in the next 2 to 3 years: > > You will no longer deploy X86 systems. Instead you will deploy > ARM-based servers. Reasons: > a. ARM processing power is approaching x86 > b. ARM cpu is a lot cheaper and so its board. You can have a > small office mail and web server for less than P6k! > c. ARM-based server is power efficient. you can run it under 5W. > X86 servers run at 50W and above! > d. ARM-based server has a very tiny footprint - you can put in your > pocket > > Same thing will happen to your favorite netbook. Pretty soon it will > run on an ARM processor especially if you love Linux. > > And the best part, major linux distros have ARM based ports. Good > example is Ubuntu Jaunty. Installing your favorite apache is as easy > as : apt-get install apache2 . No need to perform bloody > cross-compiling and porting. > > > rowel > > > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 11:52 AM, William Emmanuel Yu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ok yun. There are a number of pluggies who are (have been) working on > > embedded platforms. The guys in UP and Alabang definitely have something > > to show. > > > > On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 11:28 +0800, Engels Antonio wrote: > >> On Thu, May 7, 2009 11:17 am, Miguel Paraz wrote: > >> > I actually never heard of a PLUG embedded interest group... > >> > but it's a good time to have one! > >> > >> Sounds good Migs, let us known how we can help. ;) > >> > >> _________________________________________________ > >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > William Emmanuel S. Yu (杨怀义) > > Department of Information Systems and Computer Science > > Ateneo de Manila University > > email : wyu at ateneo dot edu > > blog : http://hip2b2.yutivo.org/ > > web : http://CNG.ateneo.edu/cng/wyu/ > > phone : +63(2)4266001 loc. 4186 > > GPG : http://CNG.ateneo.net/cng/wyu/wyy.pgp > > > > Confidentiality Issue: This message is intended only for the use of the > > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and > > confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby > > notified that any use or dissemination of this communication is strictly > > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please > > notify us immediately by reply and delete this message from your system. > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
