Hi John, Not sure if you've seen this page on the wiki, but there are some other suggested hardware platforms listed there: http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/TargetedHardware. I suppose that doesn't exactly answer your question about vendors, though. I am considering developing on the http://www.pandaboard.org platform (and using their vendor of Digikey), which will hopefully prove reliable since it seems there is a developer community around it (thanks to its older sibling platform the Beagleboard). Not exactly a plug computer, but I am also considering using it for some non-Freedom Box related development.
Oliver On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 10:41 AM, John Gilmore <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought I should perhaps do some development toward building actual > FreedomBoxes, so I ordered a pair of DreamPlugs from Globalscale > Technologies. The website says "DreamPlug - IS HERE!", took my order > for two, and gave me an email reciept on March 19th. There is no way > to track orders on their web site. I guess I'm used to dealing with > reliable suppliers like NewEgg.com, who pack the stuff within minutes > of when you order it, and immediately get it out the door. When > nothing had arrived by March 23, I asked their sales team by email. > They promptly replied: > > > We have started to ship DreamPlug(US) orders based on FIFO, your > > order#113354 will be shipped around next week. You will receive a > tracking > > number by email later. > > > > Thank you for your patience > > "Around next week" was last week. I still have seen neither a > DreamPlug, an emailed tracking number, nor an update on when they'll > ship it. > > This company doesn't look like the sort we want to base our software > on. Either they're undercapitalized (e.g. they're taking our payments > and using the money to buy the parts to build the products - they have > no inventory) or they don't care much about supporting small > customers. We could spend years making great software that runs on > these boxes, and yet the ordinary joes who want to run it will get > stuck for weeks dealing with a flaky vendor, give up on us, and lose > their freedom. > > Anyone have other suggestions for hardware vendors? I'm keeping my > order in, just to see how ridiculous they get, but I'm looking elsewhere. > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss >
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