On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Hans Franke wrote:
> Most of the stuff can done with a single 300 MHz Pentium class PC.
> Right now, I'd almost suggest buying a new PC. THere's an incredible
> cute new board from VIA (*1), see
> http://www.viavpsd.com/product/epia_MII_spec.jsp?motherboardId=202
> or with even two LAN ports:
> http://www.viavpsd.com/product/epia_cl_spec.jsp?motherboardId=181
Hans, why would you suggest he buy something new for this application when
you know full well there are plenty of old PCs out there that will do the
job just fine and will cost nothing. A Pentium-90 system with 64MB RAM
would be overkill for even this, and those are as common as dirt.
> The speed is good (As long as you don't want to play 3D Games), size
> is extrem compact, and due the single voltage power supply (MII)
> extrem simple to use in your own specialized 'appliance' Except
> Memoryy, everything is already on board, an the price is quite
> acceptable.
You can find a real small Pentium board with the same specs. In fact,
Pentium SBCs (single board computers) are real easy to get also. I have a
stack of them.
> a full figured system. If, only if your technical experience is a
> little bit above DAU (is that true for you?), Debian might be a good
> choice. you need some basic unix knowledge for setup, but on the long
> run its update mechanics are superiour.
Which is unfortunate because in my opinion Debian just sucks otherwise. I
prefer SuSE also.
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Received on Tue Nov 25 2003 - 17:57:54 GMT