Re: [LUAU] Anyone use a Linksys NSLU2? USB hard disk drives are FOSSfriendly?

2006-12-28 Thread David Kiwerski
R. Scott Belford wrote: Brian Chee wrote: My biggest bitch about "normal" machines is that I want my NAS up all the time and a 350watt power supply could potentially add something like $20/month to my electric bill As a partial aside - if a power supply is rated at 350 watts, does this

Re: [LUAU] Oracle Unbreakable Linux - 9000 downloads in first 30 days

2006-12-28 Thread Jim Thompson
On Dec 28, 2006, at 10:01 AM, Julian Yap wrote: "Oracle Unbreakable Linux" was downloaded 9,000 times in the first 30 days, according to Oracle’s president Chuck Phillips: http://seekingalpha.com/article/22626 It could be argued that the first 30 days would mark the peak in interest for Oracle

RE: [LUAU] Anyone use a Linksys NSLU2? USB hard disk drives are FOSSfriendly?

2006-12-28 Thread Brian Chee
Yet more stuff for the home micro machine builder.nice collection of hard to find super small machines... http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2016997232.html Keep in mind that the N!C (new internet computer) is no longer available. HOSEF snagged a whole bunch from me a while back...they're cdr

[LUAU] Oracle Unbreakable Linux - 9000 downloads in first 30 days

2006-12-28 Thread Julian Yap
"Oracle Unbreakable Linux" was downloaded 9,000 times in the first 30 days, according to Oracle’s president Chuck Phillips: http://seekingalpha.com/article/22626 It could be argued that the first 30 days would mark the peak in interest for Oracle's rebranded Linux. Comparatively, Fedora Core 6 re

RE: [LUAU] Anyone use a Linksys NSLU2? USB hard disk drives are FOSSfriendly?

2006-12-28 Thread Brian Chee
Just FYI on this thread, I just got my new Astrodyne power supply catalog and wall warts and inline power supplies run from 12watts up to 130watts and can output from as low as 2.5volts up to 48volts (amperages vary upon voltage, natch) http://www.astrodyne.com They also have some VERY nice DC to

Re: [LUAU] Anyone use a Linksys NSLU2? USB hard disk drives are FOSS friendly?

2006-12-28 Thread Jim Thompson
On Dec 27, 2006, at 10:03 PM, R. Scott Belford wrote: How are you using yours, Jim? currently, I'm not, which is why I volunteered that Julian could borrow one to experiment.one even has a DB9 (serial port) hanging out of it, which makes recovery so much easier. Of course, if you re

Re: [LUAU] Anyone use a Linksys NSLU2? USB hard disk drives are FOSS friendly?

2006-12-28 Thread R. Scott Belford
Jim Thompson wrote: > > > On Dec 25, 2006, at 9:53 PM, Julian Yap wrote: >> Anyone use a Linksys NSLU2? Any good? >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2 > > I've got two, but I don't use either one for a NAS. > > I've been sorta kicking around the idea of a GigE NAS. All but one of > the com