Alternative to a Pogoplug

[Robert Moskowitz]

For now I am backing away from the Pogoplug.  I found a mini-itx system 
quite afordable on ebay to use as my new server.

I will follow the Raspberry Pi development and hope that it will move 
from just boards to nice little systems that run current Fedora.  This 
system presents a major gateway for Fedora into a lot of embedded 
applications.

On 02/29/2012 08:31 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> On 02/29/2012 06:58 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 10:14 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> On 02/29/2012 09:52 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>>> On 29/02/12 09:24, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>>> On 02/29/2012 04:42 AM, mike cloaked wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Robert
>>>>>> Moskowitz<rgm at htt-consult.com>   wrote:
>>>>>>> On 02/28/2012 03:04 PM, Tom Horsley wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:52:23 -0500
>>>>>>>> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any recommendations?
>>>>>>>> newegg.com has a "bookshelf computers" category I was
>>>>>>>> glancing at the other day. Perhaps one of them
>>>>>>>> would be good?
>>>>>>> Pricey.  The cheapest is $85 and it seems to be just the system
>>>>>>> with no
>>>>>>> memory.  I MIGHT have memory here from a system that smoked, but I
>>>>>>> can't
>>>>>>> tell...
>>>>>> I don't know where you have been looking for prices but in one of 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> UK supplier's web pages it is offered as the model B with memory for
>>>>>> £21.60 which is way less than the $85 that you quoted!
>>>>> Are you mixing newegg.com online catalog with Rasberry Pi?
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is what I found on newegg...
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856501004
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>         Do you have to buy the processor separately?
>>>>
>>>>             "Other Thoughts: Very easy to assemble this system, even
>>>>             though it is very tight. Solid build quality and lot of
>>>>             though went into the design. I like the custom 
>>>> heatsink. The
>>>>             system runs cool, but the fans make some clicking sound, I
>>>>             may need to talk to the support on that.
>>>>
>>>>             Overall a good buy if you have one of those old core i3
>>>>             clarkdale CPUs lying around."
>>>>
>>>>         Bob
>>> Oh, I missed that one!  Seems like this is a REALLY barebones box!
>>>
>>> I understand the goals of pogoplug and Raspberry Pi and their use of 
>>> ARM
>>> processors and little memory.
>>>
>>> But I want things that are a bit more common and not needing special
>>> compiling and the like.  Therefore Intel type architecture and 1Gb
>>> memory.  So I do not expect to find this for $50, other than used and
>>> then it won't be low power.
>> http://www.fxitech.com/products/
>>
>> $200, Linux or Android, looks like a pendrive.
>
> Impressive.
>
> Out of my budget, though.
>