Ubuntu 10.04 on PPC (Pre Intel MAC)
I know we had someone looking for getting Linux on his mac as mac will no longer upgrade and he has an older Power PC based Macbook of some flavor. I am horrible with who was asking for what and names involved but i did some random perusing https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/lucid/release/ I don't know if either of the above bits of information had been ready, but it might be of interest. and i know 10.04 has a pretty hefty number of accessibility options built in. -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Low power customizable NAS?
Thanks for the pointers. Those definitely look more industrial than I'd prefer. If I did roll my own, I'd certainly want to use commodity boards. Call for pricing translates in my mind to if you have to ask, you can't afford it :-) The more I researched this, the more I realized that there are an embarrassment of choices! The last I looked (5 or 6 years ago), it was relatively difficult to construct a silent and low power system with massive compromises. Not so anymore. Now the question is at what level to settle on. There's the SheevaPlug (and similar) that use up about 10 watts but need more storage and can't really handle any notable processing. Moving up a notch, you can get a N270 Atom mini-itx system that also hovers between 10-15 watts but is a bit faster and will typically have a much larger (up to 1 TB) hard drive. Then you can move up to an NVIDIA ION system with a dual-core Atom and now we're maybe in the 30 watt range but this can handle HD output, if necessary. Decisions, decisions. That's why I was kind of hoping that some local folks would have used some of these systems and could comment on how well they work for them. On 10/04/2010 01:42 PM, Kevin Fries wrote: We used to use these great mobos from a company called CongaTec http://www.congatec.us/qa6.html http://www.congatec.us/qcarrier.html This 95x140 motherboard and QSeven module can handle 2 Data drives. I know you said you would prefer not to roll your own, but if you do, this is an awesome setup. Kevin On Oct 4, 2010 2:27 PM, Kurt Granroth kurt+plug-disc...@granroth.com mailto:kurt%2bplug-disc...@granroth.com wrote: I'm looking for a NAS that looks roughly like so: o Very low power usage (~10 watts or less, ideally) o Can run squid or similar proxy o Can serve up files like you'd expect as NAS to do o Can stream media o Can run Linux or, at least, is customizable Anybody using anything like this already? I'm not opposed to rolling my own with mini-itx or the like but I'd prefer not to. I do wonder if the proxy requirement is more of a deal-breaker since most NAS units try to stay strictly in the storage realm. One thought is adapting a Pogoplug or Seagate Dockstar or the like. I'm not yet sure if that'll do all I want, though. Any thoughts? Kurt --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Low power customizable NAS?
I asked a couple of Q7 companies for a quote and got back one a few minutes ago from Portwell (portwell.com): Part Number Description Qty Unit price 14-831011-0002 PQ7-M101G-1600-0512 Q7 MODULE 1.6G, 512 RAM 1 $312 14-831012-1002 PQ7-M101G-1600-1024 Q7 MODULE 1.6G, 1G RAM 1 $350 14-892000-0002 PQ7-C200 Q7 CARRIER BOARD W/V/GbE 1 $184 The ability for them to handle heat (185F) might make it worth using them but I definitely won't save money over typical mATX hardware. The Carrier board drops to $180 each if I buy 100; waiting to see how much it will drop if I order 1000. JD On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 09:55, Kurt Granroth kurt+plug-disc...@granroth.comkurt%2bplug-disc...@granroth.com wrote: Thanks for the pointers. Those definitely look more industrial than I'd prefer. If I did roll my own, I'd certainly want to use commodity boards. Call for pricing translates in my mind to if you have to ask, you can't afford it :-) The more I researched this, the more I realized that there are an embarrassment of choices! The last I looked (5 or 6 years ago), it was relatively difficult to construct a silent and low power system with massive compromises. Not so anymore. Now the question is at what level to settle on. There's the SheevaPlug (and similar) that use up about 10 watts but need more storage and can't really handle any notable processing. Moving up a notch, you can get a N270 Atom mini-itx system that also hovers between 10-15 watts but is a bit faster and will typically have a much larger (up to 1 TB) hard drive. Then you can move up to an NVIDIA ION system with a dual-core Atom and now we're maybe in the 30 watt range but this can handle HD output, if necessary. Decisions, decisions. That's why I was kind of hoping that some local folks would have used some of these systems and could comment on how well they work for them. On 10/04/2010 01:42 PM, Kevin Fries wrote: We used to use these great mobos from a company called CongaTec http://www.congatec.us/qa6.html http://www.congatec.us/qcarrier.html This 95x140 motherboard and QSeven module can handle 2 Data drives. I know you said you would prefer not to roll your own, but if you do, this is an awesome setup. Kevin On Oct 4, 2010 2:27 PM, Kurt Granroth kurt+plug-disc...@granroth.com kurt%2bplug-disc...@granroth.com mailto:kurt%2bplug-disc...@granroth.comkurt%252bplug-disc...@granroth.com wrote: I'm looking for a NAS that looks roughly like so: o Very low power usage (~10 watts or less, ideally) o Can run squid or similar proxy o Can serve up files like you'd expect as NAS to do o Can stream media o Can run Linux or, at least, is customizable Anybody using anything like this already? I'm not opposed to rolling my own with mini-itx or the like but I'd prefer not to. I do wonder if the proxy requirement is more of a deal-breaker since most NAS units try to stay strictly in the storage realm. One thought is adapting a Pogoplug or Seagate Dockstar or the like. I'm not yet sure if that'll do all I want, though. Any thoughts? Kurt --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Ubuntu 10.04 on PPC (Pre Intel MAC)
it was me. I need a talking linux for a ppc powerbook G3 (lombard bronze keyboard). On Oct 5, 2010, at 8:36 AM, Stephen wrote: I know we had someone looking for getting Linux on his mac as mac will no longer upgrade and he has an older Power PC based Macbook of some flavor. I am horrible with who was asking for what and names involved but i did some random perusing https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/lucid/release/ I don't know if either of the above bits of information had been ready, but it might be of interest. and i know 10.04 has a pretty hefty number of accessibility options built in. -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
PIPESTATUS clarification
This is a nit, but where Hans referred to pipe commands, I would use
piped commands. To me, the pipe commands would be the '|' symbols
themselves for invoking the pipes. Not important, just my grammatical
foible.
Hans gave this example:
( ls /tmp/afjkasdlf | grep georg | echo; pipestat=( ${pipestat...@]} );
echo ${pipestat[0]}; echo ${pipestat[1]} )
ls: cannot access /tmp/afjkasdlf: No such file or directory
2
1
At first I wondered why the pipe to echo. I now understand it accomplishes
two things:
- prevents grep from displaying results by piping stdout to a command that
ignores stdin
- it outputs a blank line before the result of the commands in the pipe is
displayed
Though I am not sure why the blank line comes out before the error message
from ls. Probably has something to do with the way pipes function in
relation to stdout.
I also was confused because he ignored the piped command echo in his
explanation and it made me curious about more than just verifying what would
happen if each of the piped commands was made to fail or succeed by changing
the arguments. I made a script called test based on derHans' example.
This made it easy to make mods in one window, save them and execute in a
terminal. Pretty basic stuff. After running a number of tests, I realized
it was not possible to see which version of test was used for each run n the
terminal. So I added a cat test to the beginning of the script. This
directory contains among other things the test script and some java error
logs named hs_err_pid.log. The script was to show the return values for
all three piped commands plus a 4th just to see what would come out.
I saw some things that were hard to understand.
la...@triggerfish:~$ ./test
cat test
( ls -l hs* | grep test | echo; pipestat=( ${pipestat...@]} );
echo ls rv=${pipestat[0]}; echo grep rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo echo
rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo 4th rv=${pipestat[1]} )
ls rv=0
grep rv=1
echo rv=1
4th rv=1
This came out as expected. ls found the error logs but grep found no
occurrences of test
la...@triggerfish:~$ ./test
cat test
( ls -l hs* | grep log | echo; pipestat=( ${pipestat...@]} );
echo ls rv=${pipestat[0]}; echo grep rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo echo
rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo 4th rv=${pipestat[1]} )
ls rv=0
grep rv=141
echo rv=141
4th rv=141
la...@triggerfish:~$ man grep
This was a complete surprise, grep should have succedded with multiple
occurrences of log and nothing in the man page for grep suggested a
meaning for the 141. Maybe it was the multiple files found, or multiple
finds by grep, or something about open files, or ... So I tried a few
experiments:
la...@triggerfish:~$ ./test
cat test; sync
( ls -l test | grep test | echo; pipestat=( ${pipestat...@]} );
echo ls rv=${pipestat[0]}; echo grep rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo echo
rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo 4th rv=${pipestat[1]} )
ls rv=0
grep rv=0
echo rv=0
4th rv=0
So back to single files found and single grep results and with syncing (not
sure why I tried that) worked.
la...@triggerfish:~$ ./test
cat test;
( ls -l test | grep test | echo; pipestat=( ${pipestat...@]} );
echo ls rv=${pipestat[0]}; echo grep rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo echo
rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo 4th rv=${pipestat[1]} )
ls rv=0
grep rv=0
echo rv=0
4th rv=0
So did removing the sync. but leaving the semicolon.
la...@triggerfish:~$ ./test
cat test
( ls -l test | grep test | echo; pipestat=( ${pipestat...@]} );
echo ls rv=${pipestat[0]}; echo grep rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo echo
rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo 4th rv=${pipestat[1]} )
ls rv=0
grep rv=141
echo rv=141
4th rv=141
Aah, but dropping the semicolon caused the 141's and on a case that should
be all successes.
la...@triggerfish:~$ ./test
cat test ;
( ls -l test | grep test | echo; pipestat=( ${pipestat...@]} );
echo ls rv=${pipestat[0]}; echo grep rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo echo
rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo 4th rv=${pipestat[1]} )
ls rv=0
grep rv=141
echo rv=141
4th rv=141
But so did putting it back but with whitespace before it. Huh?
la...@triggerfish:~$ ./test
cat test;
( ls -l test | grep test | echo; pipestat=( ${pipestat...@]} );
echo ls rv=${pipestat[0]}; echo grep rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo echo
rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo 4th rv=${pipestat[1]} )
ls rv=0
grep rv=141
echo rv=141
4th rv=141
Ditto whith no white space.
la...@triggerfish:~$ ./test
cat test; sync
( ls -l test | grep test | echo; pipestat=( ${pipestat...@]} );
echo ls rv=${pipestat[0]}; echo grep rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo echo
rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo 4th rv=${pipestat[1]} )
ls rv=0
grep rv=141
echo rv=141
4th rv=141
and with a sync but no trailing semicolon
la...@triggerfish:~$ ./test
cat test; sync;
( ls -l test | grep test | echo; pipestat=( ${pipestat...@]} );
echo ls rv=${pipestat[0]}; echo grep rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo echo
rv=${pipestat[1]}; echo 4th rv=${pipestat[1]} )
ls rv=0
grep rv=0
echo rv=0
4th rv=0
la...@triggerfish:~$
But adding a
Re: Ubuntu 10.04 on PPC (Pre Intel MAC)
Reddit has a great installer for mac to dual boot to linux. Instructions have been posted on various websites so it was very easy to do. I have uberstudent loaded on my mac and it works well. Tom Ostlund t...@ostlundgroup.com EMAIL INSECURITY NOTICE Unless encryption and/or digital security measures have been employed to this or any email, the contents should never contain any private information. Use of any email system should be viewed as non-protected information. If you or your business require private communications, you should consult with your IT department to implement security measures. On Oct 5, 2010, at 8:36 AM, Stephen wrote: I know we had someone looking for getting Linux on his mac as mac will no longer upgrade and he has an older Power PC based Macbook of some flavor. I am horrible with who was asking for what and names involved but i did some random perusing https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/lucid/release/ I don't know if either of the above bits of information had been ready, but it might be of interest. and i know 10.04 has a pretty hefty number of accessibility options built in. -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Ubuntu 10.04 on PPC (Pre Intel MAC)
I hope the information helps... On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Technomage_Hawke technomage.ha...@gmail.com wrote: it was me. I need a talking linux for a ppc powerbook G3 (lombard bronze keyboard). On Oct 5, 2010, at 8:36 AM, Stephen wrote: I know we had someone looking for getting Linux on his mac as mac will no longer upgrade and he has an older Power PC based Macbook of some flavor. I am horrible with who was asking for what and names involved but i did some random perusing https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/lucid/release/ I don't know if either of the above bits of information had been ready, but it might be of interest. and i know 10.04 has a pretty hefty number of accessibility options built in. -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Low power customizable NAS?
That's an interesting way to think about power consumption -- power per job, essentially, rather than just power over time. I think that if I was creating a media server that would do live transcoding, then something like a Core i3 would definitely be the better choice. In my case, though, I just want a static server and so pretty much none of the tasks will take appreciable amount of computing. This means that the idle and low-peak levels matter a lot more. On that note, I'm not sure how much I believe some of their power consumption results. They have an Atom 230 based system idling at 33 watts. I've seen *multiple* results of an Atom N270 based system idling at 10 watts (SSD) to 14 watts (2.5 drive). Now the 230 is a slightly different class of Atom and also has a more power hungry chipset... but TWICE the power? I'm dubious. That does make me want to track down some more power consumption figures for the Athlon, though. On 10/5/10 2:29 PM, Stephen wrote: This is something to consider also the Athlon 2000+ beat the atom overall in power consumption, and the i3 did amazingly well in power efficiency http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Atom-Athlon-Efficient,1997-5.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/d510mo-intel-atom,2616.html On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Kurt Granroth kurt+plug-disc...@granroth.com wrote: Thanks for the pointers. Those definitely look more industrial than I'd prefer. If I did roll my own, I'd certainly want to use commodity boards. Call for pricing translates in my mind to if you have to ask, you can't afford it :-) The more I researched this, the more I realized that there are an embarrassment of choices! The last I looked (5 or 6 years ago), it was relatively difficult to construct a silent and low power system with massive compromises. Not so anymore. Now the question is at what level to settle on. There's the SheevaPlug (and similar) that use up about 10 watts but need more storage and can't really handle any notable processing. Moving up a notch, you can get a N270 Atom mini-itx system that also hovers between 10-15 watts but is a bit faster and will typically have a much larger (up to 1 TB) hard drive. Then you can move up to an NVIDIA ION system with a dual-core Atom and now we're maybe in the 30 watt range but this can handle HD output, if necessary. Decisions, decisions. That's why I was kind of hoping that some local folks would have used some of these systems and could comment on how well they work for them. On 10/04/2010 01:42 PM, Kevin Fries wrote: We used to use these great mobos from a company called CongaTec http://www.congatec.us/qa6.html http://www.congatec.us/qcarrier.html This 95x140 motherboard and QSeven module can handle 2 Data drives. I know you said you would prefer not to roll your own, but if you do, this is an awesome setup. Kevin On Oct 4, 2010 2:27 PM, Kurt Granroth kurt+plug-disc...@granroth.com mailto:kurt%2bplug-disc...@granroth.com wrote: I'm looking for a NAS that looks roughly like so: o Very low power usage (~10 watts or less, ideally) o Can run squid or similar proxy o Can serve up files like you'd expect as NAS to do o Can stream media o Can run Linux or, at least, is customizable Anybody using anything like this already? I'm not opposed to rolling my own with mini-itx or the like but I'd prefer not to. I do wonder if the proxy requirement is more of a deal-breaker since most NAS units try to stay strictly in the storage realm. One thought is adapting a Pogoplug or Seagate Dockstar or the like. I'm not yet sure if that'll do all I want, though. Any thoughts? Kurt --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Low power customizable NAS?
I use a modified ASUS 1201N netbook running the N330 Atom Dual Core and the nVidia Ion graphics. I modified it to run with 4GB RAM and a 640HDD It has become my mobile mini-entertainment server. I have it partitioned with dual boot Ubuntu and Mythbuntu 10.04 When I go home I plug it in to a 42 HD TV and I have it grab my TV via USB adapter, I can play Wow at 24 fps 1080p on the big screen and while a movie is playing I can still get stuff done using Twinview and terminal on the the netbook (love HDMI output). It also has VGA output and I have used it to save my boss for presentations at work. While doing the presentation I showed how to do a basic dualboot installation in Virtual Box so others could follow along. My company is in the process of migrating to Linux so everyone had to learn to dual boot. It is 3.5 pounds and I get 3 hours battery life on gaming or HD tv watching, streaming to my girlfriends work via https website so she can watch Gordon Ramsey shows recorded on the Mythbuntu side of the dual boot. I get just over 4 hours on the intel graphics if I switch it in the BIOS. I normally leave it on nVidia though. I also run crossover from codeweavers to run silverlight and use IE to watch netflix in Ubuntu. It is a trooper of a machine while I am looking at a quad core for some specific tasks this machine has allowed me to be very versatile at work and home in tackling technology issues in day-to-day stuff. Hope this helps your decision, Now the question is at what level to settle on. There's the SheevaPlug (and similar) that use up about 10 watts but need more storage and can't really handle any notable processing. Moving up a notch, you can get a N270 Atom mini-itx system that also hovers between 10-15 watts but is a bit faster and will typically have a much larger (up to 1 TB) hard drive. Then you can move up to an NVIDIA ION system with a dual-core Atom and now we're maybe in the 30 watt range but this can handle HD output, if necessary. Decisions, decisions. That's why I was kind of hoping that some local folks would have used some of these systems and could comment on how well they work for them. -- Brian Fields arizona.r...@gmail.com --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Low power customizable NAS?
I found this a few minutes ago; complete mini-itx system for $300-$400 http://www.mitxpc.com Cool idea turning netbook into media center computer ;) On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 21:01, AZ RUNE arizona.r...@gmail.com wrote: I use a modified ASUS 1201N netbook running the N330 Atom Dual Core and the nVidia Ion graphics. I modified it to run with 4GB RAM and a 640HDD It has become my mobile mini-entertainment server. I have it partitioned with dual boot Ubuntu and Mythbuntu 10.04 When I go home I plug it in to a 42 HD TV and I have it grab my TV via USB adapter, I can play Wow at 24 fps 1080p on the big screen and while a movie is playing I can still get stuff done using Twinview and terminal on the the netbook (love HDMI output). It also has VGA output and I have used it to save my boss for presentations at work. While doing the presentation I showed how to do a basic dualboot installation in Virtual Box so others could follow along. My company is in the process of migrating to Linux so everyone had to learn to dual boot. It is 3.5 pounds and I get 3 hours battery life on gaming or HD tv watching, streaming to my girlfriends work via https website so she can watch Gordon Ramsey shows recorded on the Mythbuntu side of the dual boot. I get just over 4 hours on the intel graphics if I switch it in the BIOS. I normally leave it on nVidia though. I also run crossover from codeweavers to run silverlight and use IE to watch netflix in Ubuntu. It is a trooper of a machine while I am looking at a quad core for some specific tasks this machine has allowed me to be very versatile at work and home in tackling technology issues in day-to-day stuff. Hope this helps your decision, Now the question is at what level to settle on. There's the SheevaPlug (and similar) that use up about 10 watts but need more storage and can't really handle any notable processing. Moving up a notch, you can get a N270 Atom mini-itx system that also hovers between 10-15 watts but is a bit faster and will typically have a much larger (up to 1 TB) hard drive. Then you can move up to an NVIDIA ION system with a dual-core Atom and now we're maybe in the 30 watt range but this can handle HD output, if necessary. Decisions, decisions. That's why I was kind of hoping that some local folks would have used some of these systems and could comment on how well they work for them. -- Brian Fields arizona.r...@gmail.com --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
OT: A Little Tip for Canon Printers
Hi, For the past few days, my family has been suffering intolerable slowness on our wireless network. It was only on wifi; all the wired computers seemed fine. I ran virus scans on the Windows boxen, tried a few options on the router (a WRT54GL), and *almost* googled for slow Linksys router. But then I opened up Wireshark (yes, I know, that should have been my *first* thought). The first thing I noticed were shitloads of MDNS packets flying by, and the router trying to keep up with it all. A scrolling wall of crimson with occasional interruptions in Cisco-white. I clicked on one of the MDNS packets and saw that it was actually my printer. I yanked the powercord from the printer and it all stopped immediately. Our printer was attempting to DoS us! Our very own printer! How rude. I plugged the printer back in and immediately went into the admin panel (served on port 80 at the printer's IP address) and disabled Bonjour and LPR service notification. I suggest you do the same should you purchase a Canon printer with builtin wifi. Just remember, in the robot uprising, DoS attacks come first. Disable Bonjour on your devices before it comes to skeletal robots with miniguns mounted on either shoulder. -ah --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
