hi dan I recently purchased a NSLU2 and run slimserver on it. I think that this kind of setup (not necessarily with the NSLU2) is the way people would like to hear, store and manage their music.
Dan Sully Wrote: > > SlimServer isn't bloated, but it's not exactly small either. It was > never meant to run on an embedded system like the NLSU2. > for slimserver, IMHO a good approach could be modularity and clear separation between core services, business logic and optional services. the core should be small and fast, the other parts pluggable as needed. this way, more platforms could be served well. linux itself was not meant to be running on embedded systems or big irons from the beginning either, still people took the challenge and made the kernel run on a really wide range of systems. so much for the feasabilty of such projects. Dan Sully Wrote: > > At this moment, we're willing to trade the larger size for rapid > development time. Can I ask why you chose the NLSU2 to run SlimServer > on? Why not a quietPC that can handle the software without any > concerns? > if you tend to believe that hackers just do it because it's doable, you are certainly not wrong. however, this species pushes the limits further than the average user, and sometimes they already have what the average will use in the future... so, the main reasons for running embedded sytems are: 1. size (the NSLU2 together with a 2.5" disk is about the size of a book) 2. power consumption (15 Watt compared to min. 200 Watt) 3. noise (absolutely no noise, no fans.) 4. price (sub-$100 system w/o disk, about $200 with 80GB 2.5" disk) if you look at the growing consumer NAS market, people like these small intelligent disks not because they perform like a 2TB, RAID 5 iron, but because they are convenient, small and cheap. I think that the SqueezeBox would rocket in sales if a customer could buy a "care free package" consisting of a SB and an embedded storage/appliance system (running slimserver) to put his music on. just plug and play, set and forget! regards nicola -- Nicola Fankhauser ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nicola Fankhauser's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1543 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22136 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
