Small PC that runs Linux? - e-Smith software

[David S. Helmuth]

If you haven't ever seen E-Smith.  I would suggest checking it out.  It
turns a fairly modest PC into a VERY well set up Linux (RH 7.0 based)
internet appliance.

It basically sits on top of RedHat and takes all of the real sysadm type
effort out of running it....

I have been using it for about a year now, and I have been VERY pleased.

Check it out at:

Corp Site:  www.e-smith.com
Dev Site:  www.e-smith.org

I really view it as a pretty seamless drop in replacement for back office.

-Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Hammitt [mailto:tony at speedscript.com]
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 4:47 PM
To: Bradley Miller
Cc: kclug at kclug.org
Subject: Re: Small PC that runs Linux?

Now _this_ should be the LUG project =-]

I can see a real need for a _very_ small bridge/router/modem/firewall
combo that runs Linux and can support SSH connections as well as NAT.

There are things like the CerfCube that look promising but still need
a lot of work.

There was a /. article the other day referencing:

http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2016997232.html

that has lots of small linux systems.  Some are quite expensive...

Anyway, I'd rather do a hardware project than software, I get sick
of software after work...

Later,
	Tony

Bradley Miller wrote:
>
> At 04:21 PM 8/13/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >Any one know why rackmount chassis are so expensive? I mean generally you
> >pay =less= money for things that have less material, right? Anyone know
> >where to get these things at a reasonable price (as in cheap)?
> >
> >Brian
>
> You reach a point where price vs. density starts to soar, especially if
> it's not a mass produced type item.  Your best bet is looking towards the
> embedded PC's that are about the size of a cigarette box.   I've been
> researching a few for a project I want to do -- again costs vs. quanitity
> is killer here.  I can get 486 type boards for $100 I believe, in
quantitiy
> . . . and $??? for Pentium boards.   For my project I would probably
> prototype with regular sized PC/components for demonstration of principle
> (using Linux as my OS) and then have a product mock-up of what it would
> look like in the final form.
>
> Now I just need a bank or investors . . . .
>
> -- Bradley Miller
>