On Sunday 01 October 2006 06:01, "Duncan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about '[gentoo-amd64] Re: routers and mp3 players that do FLOSS Was: slaveryware': > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted > [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sat, 30 > Sep 2006 03:30:44 -0500: > [on Linksys WRT compatible routers] > If I go that route, I'd either get the Linux model or a compatible unit > from someone else. (I know they exist but don't know specifically which > ones are and are not compatible with the WRT firmwares, at this time, so > if I were buying now, it'd be the Linksys Linux model.)
OpenWRT's wiki had (and probably still has) a rather large, but probably not comprehensive list of hardware that will run their distribution, along with some specs re: flash and ram size. Of course, any hw listed should also be able to run smaller distributions (like DD-WRT) as well. > I figure low end bare-bones, with a smallish <100GB hard drive > and using an extra > half-gig RAM stick I already have, would run ~$300-ish. > So... anybody have any opinions on this? Should I go straight 32-bit or > 64-bit Gentoo? Depends on the actual usage profile, but if, other than routing, it is going to be idle 90% of the time the lower memory profile of 32-bit linux should outweigh the extra registers of 64-bit linux and the extra instructions and address space won't be used. > > While the HD isn't upgradable, the iRiver H10 line will run Rockbox. > > I've been looking at the H10 line, and I /think/ some of them might > actually be HD upgradable, now. > Do you know for sure that the current 20 gig (or maybe 30 gig) aren't > hard drive upgradeable? I was at the iriveramerica site earlier this week and remember it saying neither the HD nor the battery was replaceable. That said, sometimes official websites give out information the manufacturer *wants* to be true, so rockbox or other project sites might be better information -- in any case, the iriveramerica site, after a little bit of fighting, can do interactively queried about the devices. -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh
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