[SLE] $99 Netpliance I-Opener running Linux
The hardware is a loss leader at $99.00, the manufacturer expects to make up their costs by selling their internet service. A bit of hardware hacking to add a 2.5 gig IDE hard drive that Linux has already been installed on, and voila, you have an el-cheapo Personal Computer running Linux. Why do I find this amusing? ;-) Ob-SuSE: I wonder if anyone has tried this with the SuSE distribution yet.. http://partners.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/03/biztech/articles/18net.html?P artner & http://www.linux-hacker.net/iopener/ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
"Argentium G. Tiger" wrote:
The hardware is a loss leader at $99.00, the manufacturer expects to make up their costs by selling their internet service. A bit of hardware hacking to add a 2.5 gig IDE hard drive that Linux has already been installed on, and voila, you have an el-cheapo Personal Computer running Linux.
If it had a builtin ethernet port or a cheap way to add one [no USB ethernet ports aren't cheap IMHO] and an easy way to boot over a network then I wouldn't mind one. The screen is small, the CPU slow and the memory on the lite side but for $99 US I could live with those things. But if I have to add a HD [worse a 2.5" drive] and a USB ethernet port I might as well go with a K6 or Celeron. If somebody built something similar but : 10/100 ethernet port. 64meg of ram with one open memory slot. Standard memory. The ability to boot over the net in rom. Hopefully a faster CPU [AMD K6/300? Low end Celeron] Small and QUIET. Minimal to no fans. I can live without a monitor I've got a spare. I'd buy one and pay more then $99. OTOH I might just assemble something similar myself this summer. I've got a spare AT case. I could throw a MB/CPU,video card and even a HD for not much more money then it would take to upgrade I-Opener with a 2.5" drive and a USB ethernet card. It will be bigger then I want. Nick -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Nick Zentena wrote:
"Argentium G. Tiger" wrote:
The hardware is a loss leader at $99.00, the manufacturer expects to make up their costs by selling their internet service. A bit of hardware hacking to add a 2.5 gig IDE hard drive that Linux has already been installed on, and voila, you have an el-cheapo Personal Computer running Linux.
If it had a builtin ethernet port or a cheap way to add one [no USB ethernet ports aren't cheap IMHO] and an easy way to boot over a network then I wouldn't mind one. The screen is small, the CPU slow and the memory on the lite side but for $99 US I could live with those things. But if I have to add a HD [worse a 2.5" drive] and a USB ethernet port I might as well go with a K6 or Celeron.
I'm looking at it from the other direction: a flat panel screen of usable (small, but usable) size, plus some accessories, for $99. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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