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Tiny Linux Computer Overview

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the little-yellow-better dept.

SEWilco writes "Linux Devices has an overview of Linux-Friendly Embeddable Computers. It's a nice introduction to commercially available computers the size of a disk drive (biscuit) or smaller (PC/104). This is the type of thing to use for wearable or special-purpose devices." Excellent article.

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  1. TINI by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5

    I'm surprised they haven't mentioned the TINI from iButton, it doesn't run Linux but a Java based OS and only costs $50, it's the size of a standard DIMM and includes a serial port, ethernet, and 1-wire bus. These things have various applications, somebody is building a MP3 player with one.

  2. Matchbox PC's are better by Bonker · · Score: 4

    Embedded Linux is okay, but you can run an entire distribution off one of one of these guys.

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  3. I'd rather see them make them bigger, not smaller by Chuck+Flynn · · Score: 5

    I remember when I first set eyes on the ENIAC, when they took it out of commission back, well, whever that was. Now there was a computer! That thing gave me the greatest swelling of pride I've probably ever had. We were the greatest, because we had the biggest! It's like with skycrapers that way, you know.

    Smaller wearables are fine for mobile applications, but most people just spend their whole lives in one or two rooms (at home or at the office). Why don't we just build the computer into the room? Why not make the computer the room? You're already spending money to aircondition the room to make it inhabitable, so why not work the electronics into the walls and surfaces and have really big cheap components like the ones we used to have before smaller became sexier.

    Small is good for a bunch of reasons, but it's also a luxury most people don't need, just as they don't need an SUV or that extra-expensive insurance plan that covers dental. "Small" is just one factor that should be weighed against other factors like cost and aesthetics. Bring back the behemoths! Make me feel young again!

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  4. Embedded Linux Journal! by autocracy · · Score: 5
    While reading Sys Admin Mag this month, I came across an advertisement for the new Embedded LInux Journal Magazine. Looks promising.

    About embedded systems: Linux is used on many of these because of its modularity, but if you're into it, try using other things on them...



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