Thanks for the info. I haven't had much time in many months to work on anything (the wifey is in seminary to be a chaplain at the moment), but I have an F19 snapshot that is almost set up to build ARM kernels. Trying to find time is the hard part.
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Al Hopper <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ian, > > With AWS you can "stop" an AMI that is EBS based (most are these days). > When it's in the "stopped" state, you're only paying for the snapshot > storage. > > One "gotcha": if you allocate an IP address, which is free while its in > use, you will begin accruing charges for it while the VM is in the stopped > state. So - deallocate the address before you "stop" it. > > Email me offlist if you have any AWS related questions. > > Regards, > > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Ian Perkins <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Compared to what I have been trying to do to get a Cubox kernel compiled >> (spin up an Amazon Fedora AMI, then nuke it when my window of opportunity >> closes, rinse, repeat, although it did finally occur to me to snapshot the >> thing, so I could pick up where I left off...), the Chromebook looks good. >> And I got used to a Macbook keyboard (without all of those keys, like you >> would find on a standard keyboard), so I am probably OK there as well. I >> only lack time and money... and probably sanity. >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Gordan Bobic <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Depending on what your primary use-case and requirements >>> arei, and whether you are prepared to do any modifying, >>> you may want to wait for my Toshiba AC100 install >>> instructions, and a comparative review between the two. >>> >>> While I think the Chromebook is great value in terms of >>> performance, for general day-to-day use I find the >>> AC100 "better". Obviously, this is somewhat subjective. >>> >>> I'll try to summarize here: >>> >>> Chromebook's Pros: >>> - ~ 50% faster than my _modified_ AC100 (which is itself >>> 40% faster than a vanila AC100) >>> - _Slightly_ higher res screen (1366x768) than my >>> _modified_ AC100 (1280x720 - standard is 1024x600) >>> - Two USB ports (1 on AC100) >>> >>> AC100s Pros: >>> - Smaller/Lighter (10" vs 11.6") >>> - Modifiable for more/better internal storage. See: >>> http://www.altechnative.net/**2012/01/24/morebetter-** >>> internal-storage-on-the-**toshiba-ac100/<http://www.altechnative.net/2012/01/24/morebetter-internal-storage-on-the-toshiba-ac100/> >>> http://www.altechnative.net/**2012/02/07/morebetter-** >>> internal-storage-on-the-**toshiba-ac100-part-2/<http://www.altechnative.net/2012/02/07/morebetter-internal-storage-on-the-toshiba-ac100-part-2/> >>> - Touchpad much better - two discrete buttons. >>> Chromebook touchpad is so bad you can click it by >>> just gently flexing the front of the casing. >>> - Keyboard better - unlike the Chromebook it has: >>> Home/End, Insert/Del, PgUp/PgDown keys. >>> >>> The last two alone easily offset the advantages of >>> the Chromebook, in my personal view, as far as use >>> on the go is concerned. >>> >>> Having said that - I am comparing my heavily >>> modified AC100 to an unmodified Chromebook. The >>> 40% overclock (with a cooling mod) and a higher >>> res screen are quite an equalizer. Still not quite >>> as good, but I feel the better mouse and keyboard >>> win overall. >>> >>> Then again, if your main use case is development >>> with a lot of compiling, Chromebook is probably a >>> better choice. It certainly makes for a good, cheap >>> build farm machine, and the extra RAM helps for that, >>> too - if you can solve the storage performance issue >>> somehow. >>> >>> Gordan >>> >>> >>> On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:32:10 -0400, Ian Perkins <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks, Gordan! Might have to put that Chromebook on the holiday >>>> wishlist now... >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Gordan Bobic wrote: >>>> >>>> ... are now on the wiki. They are based on dual-booting RSEL6 from an >>>> SD card. >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> users mailing list >>>> [email protected] [2] >>>> >>>> http://lists.redsleeve.org/**mailman/listinfo/users<http://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users>[3] >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.redsleeve.org/**mailman/listinfo/users<http://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> >> Ian M Perkins >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> >> > > > -- > Al Hopper > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.redsleeve.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > -- Thanks, Ian M Perkins
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