Re: $99 "plug computer" that runs Ubuntu

>     Eric Shubert wrote:
>>     Charles Jones wrote:

>>>     I just bought one of these to experiment with: 
>>>     http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/developer/kirkwood/sheevaplug.jsp

>>>     It is basically a tiny linux box with 1.2Ghz processor, with a gigabit 
>>>     ethernet and USB 2.0 port ( 
>>>     http://nozama.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54ed05fc288330112790d732928a4-800wi ). 
>>>     Installing packages and software is as easy as normal apt-get procedure, 
>>>     no custom-compiling needed. You are limited by what little free space is 
>>>     left on the filesystem, but you can augment that via USB storage.

>>>     My first tests with this device will be attaching an HD USB camera and 
>>>     using mjpeg-streamer to turn it into a cheap network camera.  I'd also 
>>>     like to see if I can attach a small USB hub and run both the camera as 
>>>     well as a USB ethernet adapter, thus creating a cheap wireless network 
>>>     camera/device.

>>>     If anyone is interested I will post more info when I receive it, and 
>>>     report on how my testing goes.

>>>     -Charles

>>     Wow. Attach a couple USB drives configured as raid-1, and you've got a 
>>     nice little backup server!

>     Imagine having a big power strip with like 6 of these running as
>     servers. They only draw 5w each. So imagine how long a typical
>     rackmount UPS could power those plus your switch :-)