Flash driQuoteves in the news--and in real life
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| Wednesday morning I visited the new Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters of
| Zonbu, makers of the low-cost, service-supported Linux computer I mentioned
| last month (here). I met with Zonbu CEO Grégoire Gentil, who gave me an
| overview of the company's business plan and a demo of the system. He also
| offered to send me a review unit, so I'll have more to say on this subject
| later.
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| As I mentioned in that earlier blog post, the Zonbu system comes with a 4GB
| flash disk in the form of a simple commercially available Compact Flash card.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9764867-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Solid State Kitchen Linux Box
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| Our kitchen laptop is on its last legs. I’d like to replace it with a
| standalone LCD and a cheap, quiet, low-power CPU with just one or two
| gigabytes of storage for the operating system (music and other data are
| stored on a server in the basement).
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http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2007/08/19/solid-state-kitchen-linux-box/?fromrss=1
Another nice use for quiet and low-energy Linux PCs:
http://www.redferret.net/?fromrss=1&p=9135
Related:
Tiny PC sips power, runs Linux
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| Compulab has introduced a fanless PC, roughly the size of a paperback book,
| that consumes a mere 3 to 5 watts of power. The "fit-PC" comes with Linux
| preinstalled, and is intended to fit where conventional PCs won't, according
| to the Haifa, Israel-based company.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5551137361.html
Linux net PC prototype gains favorable review
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| PC Magazine reviewer Patrick Norton likes the Zonbox's low power requirements
| and complement of pre-loaded software, which includes Skype, the Banshee
| music jukebox, OpenOffice, and Firefox. YouTube video playback and mp3
| ripping are less than perfect, he reports. However, the Zonbox uses only
| 11 Watts to play DVDs (external USB DVD player required). It can output to a
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| 720p high-definition TV with "no problems," Norton found.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8552266659.html
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