Long time weewx user here, I think I was Tom's first or second beta user (V 0.9). I started using hacked Linksys NSLU2s (aka 'slugs') but the flash memory would get corrupted after a few months. Tom and I hooked up in a forum discussing the then new PC-Fit Slims, a tiny fanless low-power PC which was a *perfect *hardware platform for weewx. The PC-Fit's were expensive but highly reliable. I think I've had this particular PC-Fit Slim running for five or six years, one time I think a sector got corrupted on its HDD and I had to rebuild the system.
Recently it wouldn't answer a heartbeat ping from my WebSwitch (remote power controller) about once a week and the switch would power cycle that outlet. This is very unusual, it would previously run for months with no attention needed. I think for some reason the network would go down and for a while I thought that it was basically bricked. It finally came up and I thought I better retire the box, rebuild it and keep it for a spare. The Ubuntu version wasn't being supported any longer so that was another good reason to rebuilt it. The PC-Fit Slim's are long retired and Compulab has a new series of boxes, after looking at less expensive alternatives I decided to stick with Compulab. So in front of me as I type this is a brand new unopened MintBox Mini Pro. AMD A10 Micro-6700T microprocessor, 2Gb ram, 120Gb SSD. The box has the latest Linux Mint pre-installed. So we will have fun getting this guy set up and running. I've never used Linux Mint but it's based on Debian and Ubuntu so there shouldn't be any surprises. John WB5THT - weather.janeandjohn.org, CWOP EW0158 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
