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Re: [PLUG] Looking for a mini-PC
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- From: "Louis Kratz" <louis.kratz@gmail.com>
- To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
- Subject: Re: [PLUG] Looking for a mini-PC
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:21:10 -0400
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Hey Adam,
I went with a shuttle for my dvr, but this may be more of a small
PC than a miniPC. The costs are a bit lower than the miniPCs, mostly
because they take regular desktop parts (3.5 HD, CDRom, etc).
-Louis
On 9/11/07, Adam J. Zion <azion1995@verizon.net> wrote:
> OK, here's the deal: my homebuilt linux workstation is dying a painful death, + I'm thinking of replacing it w/a mini-PC, similar to the Zonbu or Koolu lines. I mention those two b/c each is ultra-low energy, as well as designed from the ground up to run linux.
>
> Zonbu rules itself out b/c it's more of a thin client than a genuine PC- I couldn't, for instance, take an off-the-shelf model + tweak it to play on my home workgroup. Koolu (http://www.koolu.com) looks more like what I'd need, but I'm hesitant to order from overseas (from the spellings, they appear to be based in the UK).
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> So, does anyone here have any experience or recommendations re: a mini-PC along the lines of these two?
>
> Thx,
> -Z
>
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