I've had similar experiences.... I have a nice Intel Atom box that I can't really do anything with as it's too underpowered.
However... Technology moves on. I found this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856107076 which should work if the graphics are good enough. I'm not sure if the 2nd gen Ion will work with Flightgear. I have not been able to find minimum hardware requirements for fg. Anyone running fg with Ion graphics? On Wed, January 4, 2012 11:37 am, Curtis Olson wrote: > Hi Yan, > > I have not been impressed with the slimline PC's I've tried -- I've found > they often come with a power supply that is marginal for the base > hardware, > and even if there are expansions slots for installing a decent video card, > often the power supply can't support it anyway. You are probably going to > get the most bang for your buck, and the most power if you go with a > traditional 'mid-size' tower style case. If you aren't planning to build > the system yourself, at least make sure you get a system with a beefy > enough power supply and full height expansions slots so you can install a > high end video card. > > At one point in my life I was tempted by a cheap slimline HP system and it > even had built in nvidia video hardware, but it turned out the built in > video was analog VGA only -- > > So my point is to just be very careful-- there are many hidden traps when > you try to cut size or cut costs, and things you might not think about > until later after you've already voided the warranty. :-) > > That said, configuring a modern linux system to autologin and launch an > application should be pretty straight forward depending on which desktop > system you are running. > > Regards, > > Curt. > > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Yan Seiner <y...@seiner.com> wrote: > >> My brother in law is a commercial pilot. He and I got to talking about >> flight simulators and to make a long story short I promised him a >> Flightgear "appliance" - essentially a computer that boots to Flightgear >> and runs a simulation of a 787. >> >> Any suggestions on hardware? This box will interface with a flat panel >> TV, so it must be capable of driving HDMI at full resolution. It will >> also be linux based so I can maintain it remotely. >> >> I'm looking for the smallest footprint, both power and size, that can >> run >> FG. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> -- >> Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a >> year, >> but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. >> If >> I quit, however, it lasts forever. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a >> complex >> infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access >> to >> virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual >> desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI >> infrastructure >> costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox >> _______________________________________________ >> Flightgear-users mailing list >> Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users >> > > > > -- > Curtis Olson: > http://www.atiak.com - http://aem.umn.edu/~uav/ > http://www.flightgear.org - http://gallinazo.flightgear.org > > > !DSPAM:4f04aadb34331804284693! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex > infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to > virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual > desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure > costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox > > !DSPAM:4f04aadb34331804284693! > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users > > > !DSPAM:4f04aadb34331804284693! > -- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
