chrisfaulkner;301568 Wrote: > >The prime reason 'why not' is that it works. > >If you changed it to (insert favorite language here) you would have to > > >reimplement it, and re-test it completely. > > Well I wasn't really trying to, to be fair. Sorry if I sounded like I > was. I was wondering whether there would be some really fundamental > technical problem with the slug which would eliminate C / sqllite from > consideration. I understand that it would be silly to write > Squeezecenter with only the NSLU2 in mind. > > My favourite language is Java and I wouldn't even begin to try to make > a case for that on the NSLU2 !! > > The bigger problem, though, is that this software bloat is costing the > earth ! Perhaps we don't pay enough for our technology, perhaps if RAM > cost more we'd have to take it seriously. > > I wanted to use my NSLU to save me some money on my electricity bill > :-) > > >The simple solution is to get a faster computer, say some old crock > that > >your neighbor is throwing away. > > Yes - I have a spare or two of my own in the attic ! I'll be looking > for the slimmest Linux distro and turning off all the services I don't > need. Maybe if I am careful in that way it won't use much more power > than the slug. > > Then, of course, I'll wonder why I don't run my backups / network > storage of that same machine as well. And then I'll wonder why I bought > the slug in the first place :-( > > Thanks everyone. Thanks for your help in the posting and thanks for all > your work keeping things like squeezecenter going. It really is > appreciated. I am not criticising choice of tools. I have no doubt that > the best choice was made given all known factors at the start.
I've used the slug for slimserver in the past but stopped at version 6.3.1. Main problem with upgrading to 6.5.0 onwards was the use of MySQL and the slug's inability (due to ram limitations) to cope with mplayer and lame to decode AAC+ and other formats. I use an old P2 266Mhz procesor with 192MB of ram using Clarke Connect linux. The database scan is a bit slow but I've had no problems with any streaming to an SB3. The processor and ram stay within bounds most of the time. I also use it as a file server, only because its there. Shows what is possible with a slim linux distro and SC. -- Ramage T5500 1.6GHz, SC 7.0.1-18576 Win Vista, Alien 2.0 P4 2.6GHz, SC 7.0.1-17976 WinXP, Alien 2.0 P2 266MHz, ClarkConnect 4.1, SC 7.0.1-19325, Alien 2.0 AMD64x2 ubuntu 8.04, SC 7.0.1~19643, Alien 2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ramage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5343 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47587 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
