On 2017-01-13 09:08, David C. Rankin wrote:
All,
Here is a quasi-ot post (except for the thought that opensuse_pi would be nice). I don't post about just cool linux often, but if you haven't checked out the raspberry pi, it is a full computer with the footprint of a credit-card. I set one up for fun, and it runs an almost complete version of debian Jessie (rasbian) that is complete with a default LXDE desktop, LibreOffice, Chromium, a full blown development suite gcc/java, gigabit ethernet, a gig or RAM, usb, audio/mic, hdmi output, etc...
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Pretty cool...
Yes.... :-) I did have a look at it, but I'm less adventurous. I built a small home server using an MSI Cubi N-020BEU miniPC box. It is designed to be bolted to the back of a display with what appears to be a standard bracket. Comes with a Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N3710 @ 1.60GH (four cores), to which I had to add RAM (8GiB) and an internal SSD without chasis (Kingston SSDNow mS200 120GB mSATA). And a small radio keyboard with mouse pad on discount, a Logitech K400+. The thing has gigabit ethernet and 4 USB3 ports, so the external hard disks I added for data are fast. Graphics are detected by hwinfo as "Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller", ie, the i915 driver. I use it to watch multimedia on my TV set (cable TV, youtube, local file video...) and as file server and a few other tasks. It is reasonably fast, people use these things instead of desktop computers. I don't find it that fast for a desktop, though. In fact, video display with VLC or Xine is really bad. But with Kodi it works fantastic. It can heat up, though, and has no internal fan. I use a laptop cooling pad in those cases. Ah, I installed on it leap 42.2 Leap with XFCE initially. Some problem with XFCE causes the display to die, though, so instead I use LXDE. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)