[ale] small/book pc's for linux lan

[Dow Hurst]

I would like to have something along those lines for all our firewalls at 
peoples houses.  No fans, boot off a CD, and maybe have a CF card for rules 
and logs.  No fans means a sealed case and no dust to bother with.
Dow


Stephan Uphoff wrote:
> Preston Boyington wrote:
> 
>>i am in the market for a couple of relatively inexpensive book sized pc's (want small/unobtrusive).  i would like onboard sound, nic, and decent video (and usb interface of course).  i won't need an internal cdrom/floppy/whatever and am debating on even having an internal hard drive.
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>>when i looked at the thinknic offerings (admittedly, a while ago) they seemed a bit... dated.  with no real upgrade path (fixed processors?).  i understand that the server is doing most/all the work, but it would be nice to have options.
>>
>>basically i want to network boot and setup some dumb terminals.  music, webpages, email, and openoffice.org will all be piped to each box (100 mip network).  my server is a dual PIII 800 with 1/2 gig memory (currently) and hdd's to be determined.  this will only be for a max of 10 people with an average 3 at any given time.
>>
>>i am looking into LTSP and other distro's, but would appreciate any feedback i can get.
>>
>>anyone using similar?
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> Take a look at the Mini-ITX motherboards from VIA.
> Some of the motherboards are fanless and you can buy fanless cases.
> If you net boot with PXE (or add some flash) you can omit the hard disk.
> No moving parts will make the solution totally quiet.
> 
> They are definitely on my list of things to play with ;-)
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> 	Stephan
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