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On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 06:30:30PM +0100, Ed W wrote: |
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> >NailKit |
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> I like the idea, but they seem a tad expensive when you can get |
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> nice (but larger) boards like PCEngines Alix for a little over half |
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> the price? |
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I love the ALIX boards but don't think they are really competing with |
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tiny ARM systems like the NailKit. |
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> Not critiquing, but I need a smallish board for an embedded |
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> mailserver project and have looked around for various things which |
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> fit the bill. |
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> Alix seems best bang for buck so far? |
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Depends on your planned traffic load. The Geode LX is cool and all, |
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and has decent performance, but it is in no way a throughput monster. |
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<shameless plug> |
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If you're going to get an ALIX board I can recommend replacing the |
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BIOS with coreboot for a completely open source system. There is good |
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support for a few ALIX boards. http://coreboot.org/ |
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</plug> |
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//Peter |
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