Re: [Hampshire] SheevaPlug catch-up

* Imran Chaudhry <ichaudhry@???> [2009-12-31 13:01:20 +0000]:

> So a few weeks back I made a posting asking if anyone had a SheevaPlug.
>
> Well, I've taken the plunge and bought one.
>
> Initially they we being sold from the Far East and you had to
> wait ages for delivery. New-IT are the UK distributor. I bought it
> from their online shop: http://www.newit.co.uk/
> I got the package with Debian pre-installed on a 4Gb SD card. Arrived
> very quickly and their service is excellent.
>
> It works great. If using Ubuntu 9.10 then you can get at the USB-
> serial console really easily (it auto-loads the driver etc), then
> configure for ssh. Also there is a ton of good docs on the
> plugcomputer.org wiki - eg. there are tweaks on reducing the writes to
> the SD card.
>
> I'm using it as an openvpn gateway but plan on using it as a webcam
> server and then maybe a git repository and maybe backup MX.
> I have a "slug" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2) already which is
> serving media (Samba) to several XBMC systems and DNS for my local
> network and wanted something with more power.
>
> Anyhow, just thought some folks might be interested.


Thanks for interesting read.... I am thinking of getting one but not sure what
I need it for LOL.


Fintan