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  1. Linutop (8W) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Low-Power Home Linux Server?

    Personally for my home server I use a Linutop (http://www.linutop.com/).
    Makers claim it draws just 8W, but I've added an external disk (haven't mesured how much that uses in total).
    I installed Ubuntu 8.04 on it and run apache, nfsd, ldap, backup-pc (perl program) plus a number of other small programs.
    Its a bit slow on the disk access (can't run a home account from the nfs share), but for everything else it works great.

  2. Seriously: apturl. by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Microsoft Ramps Up "Fix it" Support Tool

    Actually, in all seriousness, it's possible for us to have this very technology on Linux: apturl.

    Since .deb packages can contain scripts and configuration files and whatnot, it wouldn't be too hard to create .deb packages that fix common problems.

  3. Linutop by henrikba · · Score: 1 · on Meet the 5-Watt, Tiny, fit–PC

    This looks a lot like the Linutop: http://www.linutop.com/

    Same price too, but it has more usb ports.

  4. Re:sortware or harware by rtb61 · · Score: 1 · on Bulletproof Tool For Golden Age Browsing?
    For greater security, you can boot only from cd and just use the hdisk data storage or even usb key for take away data storage, that way you get a clean reboot on every startup. Currently Ubuntu seems to provide the best boot from cdrom version.

    There is also this device http://www.linutop.com/ never used it or heard much about it but it certainly seems interesting.

  5. The future computing device uses less than 10W by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative · on Power Consumption and the Future of Computing

    The future of desktop computing is 24/7 thin clients/home servers using less than 10W and passive cooling without fans, because for a typical 300W desktop 24/7 system you probably would be paying $100/month, more than a thousand a year. This is enough for 90% of users, those who are not after the latest/greatest 3D horsing power, those whose necessities are supplied with an onboard graphics chip such as Intel X3100 or even less. You would be surprised with the amount of computing power such devices have nowadays.

    They do not use hard disks, but flash memory/pendrives as storage for the operating system and homedir, and are passively cooled, so they do not use fans, which are noisy and spend more energy. Massive storage (TBs) can be added if necessary, each one using an extra ~15W. A small list with some of them:

    1) Linutop: http://www.linutop.com/
    It comes with xubuntu, 280euros.
    ~6W, AMD Geode LX700 433MHz, 256MB RAM, Audio, 100baseT, 4xUSB2.0

    2) Zonbu Zonbox: http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS9073106297.html
    It comes with Gentoo Linux, $250.
    ~15W, VIA C7 1.2GHz, 512MB RAM, Audio, 100baseT, 6xUSB2.0

    3) Mini Linux PC: http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS6372429785.html
    Not sure about which Linux flavor it comes with, but if it runs Linux, it runs Ubuntu, $99.
    ~5W, 200MHz x86-compatible, 128MB RAM, Audio, 100baseT, 3xUSB2.0

    4) OLPC: http://www.laptop.org/laptop/hardware/specs.shtml
    Not yet available, but specs are fine for a home server + external storage, ~$100.
    ~2W (!), AMD Geode LX-700@0.8W 433 Mhz, 256MB RAM, Audio, LinuxBIOS (!), wireless connection, 3xUSB2.0.

    Many others: http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4923746399.html

  6. Re:Kuro Box by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting · on Building an Energy Efficient, Always-On PC?

    There's something similar from linutop.

    I'm a little nervous about running a diskless system with only 128 or 256MB though. To do without a swapfile, I'd want more RAM than that.

  7. Linutop? by jawahar · · Score: 1 · on How Small a PC Is Too Small?

    Has anyone tried http://www.linutop.com/

  8. Meanwhile, competitor Linutop is already shipping by Quietti · · Score: 1 · on First of the OLPCs Built

    Lovely hardware, more flexibility with the peripherals and a more recent Geode LX core: Linutop. Free Software -based, of course. It even uses LinuxBIOS. Me wanna!

  9. Interesting OLPC competition made in EU by Quietti · · Score: 1 · on OLPC Inspires Open Source Projects

    Not quite a laptop, but indeed a low-power, Geode-based, small, Web-oriented product, the Linutop seems like a nice platform. Heck, they even mention that it's based on Free Software and that they invite Free Software developers to invent new usages for the platform. I'll take one of those over Negroponte's crankshaft toy any day!