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Alan Pope wrote: > 2008/10/27 Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> I initially thought of the Linksys NSLU2 but I wondered too if the >> Viglen MPC-L would run anything other than the standard Xubuntu which it >> comes pre-installed with? >> > > The Viglen MPC-L is an AMD Geode based device. It can run any x86 > distro I guess. I have two of them and love them. Whilst it's not the > fastest thing on the planet it's quite versatile - especially as a > very low power (8 watts) server. > I thought it would be something along those lines, I just wanted to make sure before suggesting it. >> I was thinking something like CentOS Linux 4 if it would run. >> > > I see no reason why it shouldn't. I have the stock Xubuntu on one, and > Ubuntu on the other. > >> Does anyone know what CPU these devices have in them and how much/what >> type of memory? (I presume some sort of x86 compatible CPU with SODIMM >> memory?) >> > > http://popey.com/~alan/viglen/ > > Has some info about the device (lspci, lshw and the like) hope that's useful. > Thanks I'll take a look. > Also! The web price of those devices is £99 plus VAT and delivery. If > you listen to episode 11 of the Ubuntu UK Podcast you'll hear how you > can get one for £79 _including_ VAT and delivery, plus a keyboard, > mouse and 1G usb stick thrown in! 80 quid for a PC - delivered, great > deal :) > > http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/ > > Cheers, > Al. > £79 inc VAT certainly doesn't seem to bad considering it has a hard drive built into it (at least I presume there's a hard drive in there, I haven't listened to the podcast in a while). I'm half tempted to get one for myself. Bet they'd make nice little LTSP clients. This offer, does it just allow for one or can we order more than one? Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html