A newly released hardware description and configuration has been added to the AstLinux documentation:
Protectli FW4B Quad Core Fanless Celeron J3160 https://doc.astlinux-project.org/userdoc:board_protectli_fw4b I personally purchased a Protectli FW4B (No RAM, No SSD, coreboot BIOS) direct from Protectli, here in the US: FW4B – 4 Port Intel J3160 https://protectli.com/product/fw4b/ $219.00 USD -- Protectli FW4B (coreboot BIOS) Celeron J3160 $ 7.00 USD -- Shipping (2-days from California) I have plenty of mSATA SSDs and SO-DIMM (DDR3L-1600, 1.35v) laying around to make it a system. If you don't live in the US, Protectli ships worldwide, for a price. The Protectli FW4B offers: -- Small fanless case, 4.5 x 4.3 inch (115 x 108 mm) footprint (NUC-size) -- Intel Celeron CPU J3160 @ 1.60GHz (burst to 2.24 GHz enabled) -- Open source coreboot BIOS (recommended) -- 4x Intel i210 NICs -- Supports mSATA SSD -- Supports Serial (RJ45) or Video (HDMI) Console -- Piezo speaker -- Power button No surprise, line-speed 1Gbps network routing. Additionally, near line-speed WireGuard VPN endpoint with ~40% CPU headroom remaining. This Protectli FW4B appliance makes a fine AstLinux box. The Good: * Great performance in a small footprint. slightly faster than the Qotom Q190G4N. * Protectli in-house QA, "Every device goes through rigorous testing before it leaves our facilities" * Open source coreboot BIOS * Protectli tech support was very responsive, spoke with Brent (Founder & CEO) and Luke. The Bad: * The only minor nit I discovered was at boot where a stray "l<CR><NL>" character sequence coreboot (sometimes) spits out over a serial connection, messing-up the boot.msg text. I informed Protectli about it. The Protectli FW4B appliance has run solidly for several days, further updates as needed. Lonnie _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
