[ale] Plug computers?

[Raylynn Knight]

A plug computer comes with a case and power supply, extra cost items with the Raspberry Pi.  And with a Cubieboard @ $49 the Raspberry Pi appears overpriced!


Ray Knight


On Dec 5, 2012, at 2:23 PM, Richard Bronosky <richard at bronosky.com> wrote:

> Now that the Raspberry Pi exists, I can't imagine paying the price of a plug computer. I have 3 of them now.
> 
> On Dec 5, 2012 12:51 AM, "Alex Carver" <agcarver+ale at acarver.net> wrote:
>> Anyone using one of the various plug computers that could share their experience?
>> 
>> I'm thinking ahead to moving my mail and syslog server to something like a plug computer with an external hard drive attached.  The server is very low volume and minimal load (exim/dovecot/syslogng with some monitoring using mrtg).
>> 
>> I may also use it as an endpoint for SSH tunnels though I may also use something like an Rpi for that (currently using a meraki with the wireless interface turned off) and possibly as the master controller for apcupsd.
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