$99 "plug computer" that runs Ubuntu

[Eric Shubert]

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!

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'