I'm a sucker for these things

[theacoustician]

I cannot explain my affinity for SFF computers, but I can't help not thinking they're cool.

http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS6828123924.html

What to do with a sub $100 PC that small? Sure the specs suck, but there's got to be something ... it so tiny and fanless and cheap ...

 

[water]

I think that would be cool to hide in a kitchen cabinet somewhere, with a cheap 15 inch LCD on the counter, for looking up recipes or general kitchen-related web browsing.

 

[HydroSqueegee]

damn thats hot. i want something that small that runs with a 1ghz proc and 512mb ram.

 

[BigDov]

I'm a sucker for those things too..... in fact, I have grand plans for one of these, and very soon.

Think mini-itx stuffed in there, 9" lcd, laptop drive and an OS running off of a compact flash card. Yeah, I'm sure it's been done before, but so what?

 

[BigDov]

and by all that's holy, have you seen these before? http://www.gbax.com/

 

[Sarcasmo]

and by all that's holy, have you seen these before? http://www.gbax.com/

It's like a PSP/Palm Pilot or something. Weird.

 

[BigDov]

It's like a PSP/Palm Pilot or something. Weird.

And then some.... read a user's review

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/02/151253

 

[water]

What I don't understand are Linux users obsession with putting everything on Linux.

"OMG I GOT MY BLENDER RUNNING ON GENTOO THEN OVERCLOCKED IT! IT'S SO L33T!"

 

[theacoustician]

and by all that's holy, have you seen these before? http://www.gbax.com/

Gamepark, yep. I thought about it, but their homebrew is mixed. Some great emu's and some bad ones. I hear the rev. 2 edition of their handheld is hot, but I'd still rather have a DS Lite.

 

[theacoustician]

What I don't understand are Linux users obsession with putting everything on Linux.

"OMG I GOT MY BLENDER RUNNING ON GENTOO THEN OVERCLOCKED IT! IT'S SO L33T!"

Now that I've started using it more, I begin to understand. Its a bit like hot rodding back in the day. You can tune and tweak the OS to exactly what you want it to be and actually do useful shit on it. Being able to do so on older or more poorly spec'ed equipment is a bonus because then you can tinker with your hobby and not have it cost a ton of money.

 

[bast_imret]

We should mod shawndavid's Rabbit to run off linux. More efficient vibrations per cycle.

 

[fly]

Now that I've started using it more, I begin to understand. Its a bit like hot rodding back in the day. You can tune and tweak the OS to exactly what you want it to be and actually do useful shit on it. Being able to do so on older or more poorly spec'ed equipment is a bonus because then you can tinker with your hobby and not have it cost a ton of money.

yep, thanks to that link I found Puppy. I got a neat old Sony touchscreen handheld at home just waiting for some lightweight linux distro that I didnt know about.

 

[water]

We should mod shawndavid's Rabbit to run off linux. More efficient vibrations per cycle.

I've got a 34% savings on battery power over it's original OS. THAT'S MORE PLEASURE PER POWERCELL YO!

 

[Sarcasmo]

I've got a 34% savings on battery power over it's original OS. THAT'S MORE PLEASURE PER POWERCELL YO!

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE BILL GATES' COCK OUT OF YOUR ASS, FGT

 

[BigDov]

Gamepark, yep. I thought about it, but their homebrew is mixed. Some great emu's and some bad ones. I hear the rev. 2 edition of their handheld is hot, but I'd still rather have a DS Lite.

There's been talk around here at work of putting together a group buy on those.... it's sooo very tempting. But yeah, a DS Lite would probably still be cooler than this thing, if not way less nerdy.