Very true. I tend to go with the most I can get, on the theory that I will be less likely to "outgrow" it. A Sheevaplug, Dreamplug or Cubox would allow me to dive in more quickly, but won't give me PCIe and other features for down the road. Decisions, decisions. CuBox looks sold out, but Amazon carries the Dreamplug in stock. Sigh. I should probably start with something I can get quickly and keep an eye out on the Sabre Lite board for later. I expect there will be more quad core products, as that processor class gains traction in cell phones and tablets. Sigh. Quad core.
So really, all you are actually after is something with a [VGA|DVI|HDMI] > out, ethernet and a couple of USB ports for the mouse and keyboard? The > options aren't exactly limited. > > Look at the Solidrun CuBox. 800MHz ARMv7 (Marvell Armada), 1GB of RAM, > HDMI out, SATA, USB, uSD. And they are pretty good value at ?99, too. And > it's _tiny_. As in, losably tiny. If you use it as a server and it falls > down the back of the rack, you might never find it again tiny. > > It's not a speed demon at 800MHz, but for a small server or an office > desktop, you don't need it to be. > > Gordan > > > > On 05/22/2012 05:13 PM, Ian Perkins wrote: > >> Ultimately, x86 server replacement for a small office (user validation, >> shared storage, small web server, etc). Initially, though, my intention >> is a learning exercise. I am convinced ARM is the way of the future. I >> stumbled upon RedSleeve by googling "ARM Enterprise Linux", so here I >> am, eager to dive in. I just haven't lined up the pool to swim in yet ;) >> >> No idea - I never heard of this board before today. If you want >> something _right now_, you can always go with a SheevaPlug... >> >> What exactly is your use-case? >> >> >> Gordan >> ______________________________**___________________ >> users mailing list >> users at lists.redsleeve.org <mailto:users at lists.redsleeve.**org<users >> at lists.redsleeve.org> >> > >> >> http://lists.redsleeve.org/__**mailman/listinfo/users<http://lists.redsleeve.org/__mailman/listinfo/users> >> >> <http://lists.redsleeve.org/**mailman/listinfo/users<http://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users> >> > >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> >> Ian M Perkins >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> users mailing list >> users at lists.redsleeve.org >> http://lists.redsleeve.org/**mailman/listinfo/users<http://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > users mailing list > users at lists.redsleeve.org > http://lists.redsleeve.org/**mailman/listinfo/users<http://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users> > -- Thanks, Ian M Perkins -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.redsleeve.org/pipermail/users/attachments/20120522/b781fa35/attachment-0001.html>
