Re: [K12OSN] Thin Clients

[Steve Wright <paua quicksilver net nz>]

On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 15:07, Gavin Chester wrote:

> [....] fanless clients built
> around the VIA mobo: 
> http://www.everythinglinux.com.au/cat/systems/thinclients
> All specs sound the same as the boxes the Yankie guys are talking about
> and at $471 you are in the same price bracket after currency conversion.


/rant..  ;-)  I just love the epia's...

These are becoming very very widely implemented with LTSP, and work 100%
out-of-the-box.  The onboard sound has been a problem right up until
this last week - where now it works very well apparently..

This particular little box 
http://www.everythinglinux.com.au/item/ELS1002  is totally silent, and
fits perfectly under the monitor-stand, basically disappearing
completely.

The 533 unit is also well suited to small form-factor firewalls,
routers, print servers, etc.  Use a Flash Disk for totally silent
router.

The higher-powered EPIA's make very nice little network "Video" players,
much like the old-style "video/TV trolley"  except much much smaller.

Using this VIA Mobo
http://www.viamainboard.com/product/epia_m_spec.jsp?motherboardId=81 
and using this http://linpvr.org/  and this http://www.mythtv.org/
software, you now have little "video player" diskless appliances that
cost exceedingly little, and are vastly easier than the old to transport
around.

There is just a whole lotta love for these EPIAs on the Internet..  8-)



/steve