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The Mini-ITX Project Revisited
An anonymous reader writes "From the article: "Once my original Mini-ITX project was completed I finally had a chance to sit back and use the computer. After a couple weeks of general internet browsing, emailing, and so forth, I was able to get a better understanding of the system and a feel for its design. Knowing how simple my needs were, the Mini-ITX project computer was orginally designed to be as basic and quiet as possible. This meant no hard drive, no extra accessories- just a stripped down system. While this suited my needs well at the time, its lack of versatility soon became an issue. This meant it was back to the drawing board for a retooling of the Mini-ITX project computer. The changes include a new case, operating system and boot device, along with improved cooling. The new system was tested using Slax and then MEPISLite." Even better link is the site itself which regularly carries mods.
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"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is." G.W.Bush
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A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
It only took him a couple of weeks to realized that a PC with no hard drive and no CD was "limited".
He also invented Basebale and then he hit the first Homerun! Yeah, that's the ticket!
I remember seeing cabinets, motherboards, etc. even partially assembled ones for sale at a local shop, a couple years ago. This may be interesting to anyone who hasn't built or bought one and is thinking about doing that. As for me I use my Big PC (Tiamat) to cool the apartment in the summer, with it's massive fans, and heat it in the winter, by disconnecting a few.
What I really want to know, however, is why a Mini ITX article, now, without a Pumpkin wrapped around it?
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Does it run Minix?