On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:13:06 -0000 (GMT) (Ted Harding) Ted.Harding@manchester.ac.uk allegedly wrote:
On 06-Mar-09 16:48:13, Torben Stones wrote:
Hello Albert, Have you looked at EfficientPc. The Asgard is the smallest they have and comes install with one of the Ubuntu family of distros.
http://efficientpc.co.uk/desktops/compact/asgard/
It is bigger than the Mac Mini, but it is worth a look at £286 inc vat. Torben
Does anyone know if one of the above (Asgard) could be used "headless and armless, just a tube up the bum" -- i.e. used as a server, and not objecting to being booted up without being connected to a keyboard and monitor?
Ted.
Ted/All
I built an Asus P1-P945 based system fairly recently (I was originally looking at a Shuttle, but the Asus worked out cheaper). You can see specs at
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1549&l1=1&l2...
I got the barebones system for just over £100, added an E2200 dual core, 2Gb of Crucial RAM and a 500 Gb disk for a total price of just over £230. I got the lot from Anglian Internet in Norwich. Thery also do AMD based systems if that is your preference.
And, yes, I currently run mine headless as a mail and webserver (running Debian Lenny). Just run an SSH daemon to give connectivity.
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