It's good they're offering Linux pre-installed, but it is just another SFF PC.
In some ways they would have a more unique selling point if they produced something really compact like a Mac Mini. Obviously such compactness isn't for all, it limits expandability.
,,,and here I was hoping it was getting new life as a transatlantic transport ("You've got some PCs for the Brits? No problem, just got to drop a few things off at the ISS first...")
@Battle: 2GB useless? Really? You planning on installing Vista on the thing? Or perhaps running 2 VMs and an inefficient database system with very large DBs?
I do agree, however, that the Shuttle SFFs are getting old -- when are they going to poduce something less boxy?
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Shuttle lands Linux SFF PCs in the UK
Giles Jones
Nothing that new #
Posted Friday 16th November 2007 15:11 GMT
It's good they're offering Linux pre-installed, but it is just another SFF PC.
In some ways they would have a more unique selling point if they produced something really compact like a Mac Mini. Obviously such compactness isn't for all, it limits expandability.
REMF
Fantastic #
Posted Friday 16th November 2007 15:58 GMT
opensuse is a great distro, and very usable even by non linux techies.
Congrats to Shuttle.
(comment typed from a suse 10.3 laptop)
Jonathan Battle
When will these idiots get their act together? #
Posted Friday 16th November 2007 16:08 GMT
- 2G RAM = useless; Intel only = almost useless.
- I'm still looking for a decent linux SFF in the UK market. Same story with notebooks: Dell, Acer and others.
Steven Knox
Title #
Posted Friday 16th November 2007 16:47 GMT
,,,and here I was hoping it was getting new life as a transatlantic transport ("You've got some PCs for the Brits? No problem, just got to drop a few things off at the ISS first...")
@Battle: 2GB useless? Really? You planning on installing Vista on the thing? Or perhaps running 2 VMs and an inefficient database system with very large DBs?
I do agree, however, that the Shuttle SFFs are getting old -- when are they going to poduce something less boxy?
Martin Dunn
Re: Idiots get their act together #
Posted Sunday 18th November 2007 22:10 GMT
On linux, 2Gb is more than sufficient and Intel is probably the most stable and supported platform to run it on.
Even Intel's on board graphics run a 3D desktop that would embarrass a high spec Vista machine.
However, why Shuttle used one of their older cases is a mystery. It could have looked a bit nicer!