Prev: Amaya W3C Web browser and sid
Next: debian-505-i386-xfce+lxde-cd-1 jewel case insert available
From: Hal Vaughan on 28 Jul 2010 16:20
I'm working with something that will go in people's offices. I was seriously considering using some Soekris boxes (http://soekris.com). The problem is the upper limit of RAM is 512 MB. I'd like to get something a little faster than their systems and with more memory, but the memory would take priority.

I don't want to go with a "normal" system because I don't want video or keyboard attached. With Soekris, I need a null modem serial cable to connect when I'm setting it up and installing Debian. (Then, of course, ssh works fine.) I want headless because I want it to "feel" like an appliance to the people I'm working with. I don't want them trying to access it directly (it'll have a web interface).

Does anyone use Debian on a box like this (headless) that they can recommend?


Thanks!



Hal

--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
Archive: http://lists.debian.org/DFC7789F-5284-4535-89CF-C9D71B158386(a)halblog.com
From: Volkan YAZICI on 28 Jul 2010 17:00
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010, Hal Vaughan <hal(a)halblog.com> writes:
> I'm working with something that will go in people's offices. I was
> seriously considering using some Soekris boxes (http://soekris.com).
> The problem is the upper limit of RAM is 512 MB. I'd like to get
> something a little faster than their systems and with more memory, but
> the memory would take priority.

Did you check EPIA Mini-ITX boards?


Regards.


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8762zzs4rr.fsf(a)alamut.alborz.net
From: Hal Vaughan on 29 Jul 2010 11:30

On Jul 28, 2010, at 4:58 PM, Volkan YAZICI wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010, Hal Vaughan <hal(a)halblog.com> writes:
>> I'm working with something that will go in people's offices. I was
>> seriously considering using some Soekris boxes (http://soekris.com).
>> The problem is the upper limit of RAM is 512 MB. I'd like to get
>> something a little faster than their systems and with more memory, but
>> the memory would take priority.
>
> Did you check EPIA Mini-ITX boards?

My big issue with those (and some others) is that if I want to block off video and keyboard ports (which, these days, means USB, too), I have to physically alter the case or the board or do something like use glue to seal the connector. I want to make this as much "appliance like" as possible so there's no temptation to think of it like a computer or to try to log in or connect to it normally.

The Soekris boxes have a serial port for communications and, other than something like ssh, that's it for logging in.

But thanks for the suggestion!


Hal

--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
Archive: http://lists.debian.org/DBD08524-0D21-440C-B3E4-D90351E16190(a)halblog.com
From: Eero Volotinen on 29 Jul 2010 11:40
2010/7/29 Hal Vaughan <hal(a)halblog.com>:
>
> On Jul 28, 2010, at 4:58 PM, Volkan YAZICI wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010, Hal Vaughan <hal(a)halblog.com> writes:
>>> I'm working with something that will go in people's offices. I was
>>> seriously considering using some Soekris boxes (http://soekris.com).
>>> The problem is the upper limit of RAM is 512 MB. I'd like to get
>>> something a little faster than their systems and with more memory, but
>>> the memory would take priority.
>>
>> Did you check EPIA Mini-ITX boards?
>
> My big issue with those (and some others) is that if I want to block off video and keyboard ports (which, these days, means USB, too), I have to physically alter the case or the board or do something like use glue to seal the connector.  I want to make this as much "appliance like" as possible so there's no temptation to think of it like a computer or to try to log in or connect to it normally.
>
> The Soekris boxes have a serial port for communications and, other than something like ssh, that's it for logging in.
>
> But thanks for the suggestion!

how about some box from: http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=40

--
Eero


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTinT04sY9X-h4faYVR762NORDOMUkioNg1BW55j+(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Perry E. Metzger on 29 Jul 2010 14:10
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:41:11 -0400 Hal Vaughan <hal(a)halblog.com>
wrote:
> I'm working with something that will go in people's offices. I was
> seriously considering using some Soekris boxes
> (http://soekris.com). The problem is the upper limit of RAM is 512
> MB. I'd like to get something a little faster than their systems
> and with more memory, but the memory would take priority.
>
> I don't want to go with a "normal" system because I don't want
> video or keyboard attached. With Soekris, I need a null modem
> serial cable to connect when I'm setting it up and installing
> Debian. (Then, of course, ssh works fine.) I want headless
> because I want it to "feel" like an appliance to the people I'm
> working with. I don't want them trying to access it directly
> (it'll have a web interface).
>
> Does anyone use Debian on a box like this (headless) that they can
> recommend?

If you're willing to leave the world of x86, there are lots of cool
things out there like the Beagleboard, Shivaplug/Guruplug, etc.


--
Perry E. Metzger perry(a)piermont.com


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100729140644.3c801595(a)jabberwock.cb.piermont.com
 |  Next  |  Last
Pages: 1 2
Prev: Amaya W3C Web browser and sid
Next: debian-505-i386-xfce+lxde-cd-1 jewel case insert available