SheevaPlug

[Andre Garzia]

oh I liked that Lenovo Q110.... cool find Richard!

:-D

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Richard Gaskin
<ambassador at fourthworld.com>wrote:

> David Bovill wrote:
>
>  Is it possible to run LiveCode on a
>> Sheevaplug<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SheevaPlug>- which runs Ubuntu
>> 9.04 - but an ARM build?
>>
>
> For almost the same price and a little larger form factor you can get a
> nettop with an x86 that'll run LC well.
>
> Last year I found a Lenovo Q110 on Ebay for under US$150, and I set it up
> with Ubuntu 10.04 and it's doing quite well - 212 days up-time and counting.
>  There's one on Ebay now with a current bid price of $56.
>
> Most of the nettops use Atom processors which provide reasonably good
> performance with low power consumption, so you not only pay relatively
> little to get the computer but the ongoing operating costs are low too.
>
> For always-on systems like file servers they can be a good option if you
> need to run LiveCode on it.  Not quite as small as a ShivaPlug, but pretty
> small and many models to choose from.
>
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>  Fourth World
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