Hi, Does anybody know if there are alternatives to the Mac Mini but cheaper and with Linux installed? I've found the Eee Box and the Dell Studio Hybrid, but I still find them expensive and not available with Linux on most models. Anyone? Cheers, Albert.
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 2009/3/6 Albert Vilella <avilella@gmail.com>:
Hi,
Does anybody know if there are alternatives to the Mac Mini but cheaper and with Linux installed?
I've found the Eee Box and the Dell Studio Hybrid, but I still find them expensive and not available with Linux on most models.
Anyone?
Cheers,
Albert.
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On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 16:48 +0000, 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.
Alternatively if you are handy with a screwdriver you could build something based on the same mainboard yourself, finding all the bits at linitx.com, it may even work out slightly cheaper. Be aware though that the Atom processor has some limitations (mostly no OoOE) and therefore does not compare clock for clock well with say a core2duo as you would find in a mac mini.
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.
2009/3/6 Albert Vilella <avilella@gmail.com>:
Hi,
Does anybody know if there are alternatives to the Mac Mini but cheaper and with Linux installed?
I've found the Eee Box and the Dell Studio Hybrid, but I still find them expensive and not available with Linux on most models.
Anyone?
Cheers,
_ _Albert.
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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=3&l3=408 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. Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- The text file for RFC 854 contains exactly 854 lines. Do you think there is any cosmic significance in this? Douglas E Comer - Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 1 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc854.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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I would have thought that not having a screen or keyboard or mouse, these mac mini clones would be cheaper, closer to £100 than £300. In a way, if I buy a cheap USB hard-drive and an Acer Aspire One, I get the same functionality and more for much less. I may end up going for the cheapest netbook around... On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Anthony Anson <tony.anson@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
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On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 19:36 +0000, mbm wrote:
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=3&l3=408
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.
What is the average power consumption like on that system though ? An E2200 alone has a TDP of about 65W and I believe idles at around 30-40W The atom 330 plus the intel chipset has a TDP of around 28W Could be a energy saving that more than makes up for the price difference for the two machines if it is something that is going to be powered 24/7
On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:23:23 +0000 Wayne Stallwood <ALUGlist@digimatic.co.uk> allegedly wrote:
What is the average power consumption like on that system though ?
An E2200 alone has a TDP of about 65W and I believe idles at around 30-40W
The atom 330 plus the intel chipset has a TDP of around 28W
Could be a energy saving that more than makes up for the price difference for the two machines if it is something that is going to be powered 24/7
You are probably right. It idles at 52W. Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- The text file for RFC 854 contains exactly 854 lines. Do you think there is any cosmic significance in this? Douglas E Comer - Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 1 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc854.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------
On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 19:13 +0000, Ted.Harding@manchester.ac.uk wrote:
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?
Yet it will be fine...we have several of the single processor variants of that board running headless.
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Wayne Stallwood