* Imran Chaudhry <ichaud...@gmail.com> [2009-12-31 13:01:20 +0000]: > So a few weeks back I made a posting asking if anyone had a SheevaPlug. > > Well, I've taken the plunge and bought one. > > Initially they we being sold from the Far East and you had to > wait ages for delivery. New-IT are the UK distributor. I bought it > from their online shop: http://www.newit.co.uk/ > I got the package with Debian pre-installed on a 4Gb SD card. Arrived > very quickly and their service is excellent. > > It works great. If using Ubuntu 9.10 then you can get at the USB- > serial console really easily (it auto-loads the driver etc), then > configure for ssh. Also there is a ton of good docs on the > plugcomputer.org wiki - eg. there are tweaks on reducing the writes to > the SD card. > > I'm using it as an openvpn gateway but plan on using it as a webcam > server and then maybe a git repository and maybe backup MX. > I have a "slug" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2) already which is > serving media (Samba) to several XBMC systems and DNS for my local > network and wanted something with more power. > > Anyhow, just thought some folks might be interested.
Thanks for interesting read.... I am thinking of getting one but not sure what I need it for LOL. Fintan -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
