[RULE] Mini-ITX boards, VIA EPIA platfrorm

Vadim Plessky plessky at cnt.ru
Sun Jan 5 13:10:45 EET 2003


Does someone has experience with Linux (any kind of it) and Mini-ITX boards, 
and/or VIA EPIA platfrorm, as presented on:

http://www.via.com.tw/en/VInternet/ppp.jsp
http://www.via.com.tw/en/VInternet/ppp2.jsp

I think that selling/buying platforms like this is better step than buying & 
installing minimalist Linux distro on old hardware
(see  "[RULE] Sell RULE computers on ebay?" thread)

I know that one company here (K-Systems) is selling computer (they position it 
as "Windows terminal") priced at $270 level.
So, I would not be surprised if you can build PC on VIA EPIA platfrorm with 
cost of $150 or so.

NOTE that I beleive in minimalist systems/installs, and we should try to 
minimize waste of resources (memory, CPU, HDD) even in case we have enough 
such resources.
But new systems have ebtter compatibility with up-to-ate kerenl/XFree86 than 
4-year old laptops or desktops.

-- 
Best Regards,

Vadim Plessky
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