Jason on 29 May 2007 17:35:30 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] silent, small form factor, linux

  • From: Jason <jcostom@gmail.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [PLUG] silent, small form factor, linux
  • Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 13:35:17 -0400
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On 5/11/07, Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com> wrote: 
Anyone have any experience with small (e.g., fanless like some of the
new Macs), small form factor (e.g., Shuttle, Mac Mini, etc.) boxes
that run linux?

I'm interested in any experiences, anecdotes, or purchase suggestions
to complement my googling.


Mac Mini makes a nice pre-cooked solution for this..

I've got a box built around a Shuttle SB-95Pv2 barebones kit running
Ubuntu Dapper (that's the 6.06 LTS release).  Aside from the "tiny
hands help during assembly" factor (which I don't have), it's been a
very nice little box.

I've got a P4 ~2.5ish Ghz cpu in there (no multicore), a couple of
gigs of RAM, a couple of SATA drives hooked to the AHCI channels, as
well as a DVD recorder, rounded out by a cheap PCIe video card.  Works
great.

Nice box, Gig ethernet, and has an actual DB9 com port on the back, so
you can easily configure a console to run headless.

The only thing I'd change about the case is the blue light behind the
power switch.  I find it a bit annoying, like lan party bling, but
that's me.
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