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Topic: "Tiny, sub-$100 PC runs Puppy Linux", Fanless, boots linux via CF/USB/net

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humpty

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Posted: Sep. 28 2006,06:32

The article was updated. It'll be 200Mhz.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6372429785.html

I can't wait, I'll definitely buy one if it's in my area.

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Posted: Sep. 28 2006,12:21

Anyone know how someone in the UK could buy one?

hs7sv

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Posted: Sep. 29 2006,03:45

Shipping price for UK is $42. You can make an order on their website. They told me that the item will be available on 2nd week of October.

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Posted: Sep. 29 2006,14:36

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Shipping price for UK is $42.

Yowch - shipping for a little thing like that is 1/3 of the cost of the machine?

Never mind - $162 total (about UKP85) is still pretty good for a "thin client", and it looks as if it's more-or-less pocketable. Just find a keyboard, monitor and mouse where you are, and plug in - I like the sound of that

Also, CF cards are so cheap now - about UKP10 for a 512Mb, and not much more for a full gig... if anyone here picks up one of these machines and tries it with DSL, could they please post a review?

Thanks,
Tim.

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Posted: Sep. 29 2006,15:02

Actually, looking at this again:

I get the idea that 128Mb RAM could be a bit tight for DSL, especially if on this machine, it is non-upgradeable. Would I have to disable some features on bootup to get DSL to run manageably?

Also, would it be a bit underpowered for multimedia (XMMS (MP3/Ogg decoding, etc.), video, Flash animations, etc.)?

Having said that, if the MicroClient Jr can run Puppy reasonably well, I would think that DSL wouldn't cause problems... would it?

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