> I am looking to build a small, silent box to run linux on. We've used the Soekris and WRAP boards in our projects at www.socalfreenet.org and they're both great gear. The WRAP is a bit cheaper but doesn't have on board real-time-clock support and the BIOS isn't as extensive (e.g. doesn't fake keyboard support), but its a great board regardless.
For software choices, check out the list at http://www.scriptingbox.com/cfld.php. Its pretty complete, and includes my current favorites: http://m0n0.ch/wall and www.nycwireless/pebble (though not leaf-wisp which appears to be moving along recently). If you want these boards in outdoor cases and/or kits, check out www.metrix.net (Soekris based) or http://www.mini-box.com/site/index.html for cases and misc parts. cheers, michael
