[clug] Arguments on list + Linux H/W Question

[James Ring]

Hey Neil,

On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 4:01 AM, Neil Pickford <neilp at goldweb.com.au> wrote:
> +1 Thanks Paul
>
> As mostly a reader of the CLUG list.
> Can we get back to succinctly and politely answering peoples questions about
> Linux.
> Having a pissing contest and trolling each other is not in the spirit of the
> CLUG Group and I frankly am not interested in it.
> Give it a rest and increase the S/N.
>
> Neil VK1NP
>
> Having added some Noise now for some Signal - Now for the Linux Hardware
> bit.
>
> I am looking for a low cost, low power, low voltage (12V) processor board
> with:
> a text based console - X11 not required
> two independent real Ethernet ports 100baseT,
> at least two real serial ports up to 115 kbaud (not usb)
> 512M RAM + some flash memory for storage (4-5G) that I could run Slackware
> on.

I think you should take a look at http://soekris.com/ - I have a
friend using these and he's very happy. They draw only a few W. Looks
like the previously mentioned Yawarra Tiny Computers stocks them too.

Regards,
James