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Linux Powers Lilliputian PCs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the zero-u-form-factor dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Gumstix is launching a whole line of dinky little PCs little larger than a Big Red Plenty Pack. The first Netstix model targets server, sniffing, and network simulation. The next model will be USB-powered, followed by models with SD/MMC slots and built-in WiFi. They come with Linux 2.6.17, and lots of room for user applications."

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  1. WTF? by Sqwubbsy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Just did a check on programming the Gumstix and there's no Ruby support. Damn.
    And no VB either? How they going to sell these things?!?!?!?

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  2. Re:Slashvertisement by Gothmolly · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is Slashdot, rehashed news from other news rehashers, sloppy seconds.

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  3. Re:want one^h^h^h 1000 by 1u3hr · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    no idea what a Big Red Plenty Pack is, but according to the article (6th paragraph) the box is 35 x 103cm in size.

    Probably a slab (24 cans) of some drink like Red Bull, I guess.

    (I had to Google to find out WTF "Big Red Plenty" was. For God's sake, if you're going to throw in "colloquial" units of measure, try to be less parochial. And as TFA shows, Americans sadly still have no clue about the metric system.)