[olug] Tiny computers

[Rob Townley]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Hurley Rod <RHurley at tenaska.com> wrote:
> He could throw a WYSE or similar VDI device behind the 50" and patch that to a vm elsewhere in the home network.  Some of those also support wireless. The youtube runs on the vm downstairs (or wherever.)  No hard drive needed for those, and initial setup is a cinch.
>
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> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of Rob Townley
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 1:41 PM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] Tiny computers
>
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Kevin D. Snodgrass
>>> <kdsnodgrass at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> I remember some time ago talk about little computers like the Marvell Sheeva Plug.  I also found the fit-PC.
>>>> http://www.legitreviews.com/article/976/1/
>>>> http://www.amazon.com/fit-PC-Slim-Linux/dp/tech-data/B001L18ED2/ref=de_a_smtd?ie=UTF8&m=A3J2VUK9571N8X
>>>>
>>>> Anybody get one?  Or something like these?
>>>>
>>>> My neighbor asked me about setting something up so he could watch youtube on his 50" plasma.  He has an 8 year old PC at the other end of the house, and wifi setup.  (Not sure why the wifi with only one computer...)  Simple is better, and something like a Sheeva Plug sounds like it would work.  Any other ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Kevin D. Snodgrass
>>>>
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>>> You may want to look at previous posts on HDMI vs DisplayPort machines.
>>>
>>> At BestBuy in the _computer_ section, there were 1 or 2 devices for
>>> this purpose (i believe).  One was made by NetGear for about $99.00.
>>> NetGear supported and purchased ReadyNAS, so opensource friendly.
>>> BuffaloTechnology uses Linux and _may_ have been the other brand.
>>>
>>> At BestBuy in the _TV_ section, some of the BluRay players were
>>> networkable but artificially limited in the sites one can visit if
>>> they had a webbrowser at all.
>>>
>>> The HDHomeRun doesn't quite do what you want directly.  It hooks up to
>>> your cable box and multicasts over your LAN.  Another PC (used
>>> batteryless, harddriveless, crying for a USB stick / SD memory card
>>> harddrive guaranteed to work x41 Lenovos were selling for $0.99 on
>>> ebay)  hooked upto the BigScreen via HDMI or DisplayPort would be
>>> needed.
>>> http://www.silicondust.com/products/hdhomerun_t1_atsc
>>>
>>> There are other solutions to this that escape me at the moment, but
>>> keep us posted as i have a similar project.  Would like a small
>>> wireless keyboard with a trackball.  And a gyration mouse.
>>>
>>
>> You want fanless, so i suppose seconding the ATOM with dedicated
>> graphics.  The following has all kinds of video output and may work if
>> you it can be underclocked enough for fanless.
>> Re: [olug] dual head vid cards
>> http://lists.olug.org/pipermail/olug/2010-January/027747.html
>>
>> $105 HDMI DisplayPort  GIGABYTE GA-H55M-UD2H LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI
>> Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128421
>>
>
>
> Miro is a crossplatform LinMacWin video and audio feedreader.
> yum install Miro  (that is with a capital M, not lowercase)
>
> FireFogg.org is a firefox extension that can be used to convert from
> one video format to another.  However, like all the apps i have tried,
> it converted the audio but not the video.
>
> BestBuy has the netgear Linux based fanless tv adapter for $89.00.
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instead of VDI, use drbl / ltsp