Quoting Melvin Carvalho (2015-01-13 22:38:47) > On 13 January 2015 at 14:46, Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> wrote: >> Quoting Melvin Carvalho (2015-01-13 10:57:04) >>> I was wondering if this could be a candidate for a freedom box >>> device? >>> >>> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-stick/intel-compute-stick.html >>> >>> Rumoured to be around $150 > >> To me it is unsuitable for a FreedomBox: It lacks ethernet. > > Fair enough. In truth, I completely missed that, sorry! > > Though the fbx ive run in the past was based on wifi.
An early OLinuXino board, perhaps? In the past I (also?) favored Open Hardware over ethernet, but many boards have emerged since then, and I raised the bar at that wiki page. (arguably the bar should be at _dual_ ethernet, to match the DreamBox, but that would leave us with quite few options, and I am not even sure we make use of both ethernet ports anyway). >> How do you find this option better than (or on par with) the 59 >> currently at <https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/TargetedHardware>? > > This page passed me by, great work. I dont find this option better. > However with intel's economy of scale I wonder if it could push prices > down. An Intel board was added recently (or maybe 3: Possibly Intel is involved also in the MinnowBoard). >> Is it that architecture is AMD64? Is it the confidence that Intel is >> a big company? Is it the form factor? Or perhaps you see it as a >> _benefit_ that it does not include ethernet? Why do you suggest it? > > Main reason is that it was trending in a few places. I do like the form > factor, but the reservations pointed out make a whole lot of sense. A few boards (or should I say "sticks"?) of similar form factor exists already and far cheaper, based on either Allwinner or Rockchip. None of them have ethernet, but that might change if/when the "USB armory" (listed as "promising" at the TargetedHardware wiki page) gets finished. > Apologies if this came across as spam, wil try and do my homework > better next time, thanks for the pointers! Nope, not spam at all - great to get suggestions! And sorry if I came across as arrogant: I wrongly assumed that wiki page to be well known also by you (that last bit is meant as a compliment!). - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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