[clue-tech] Nettops and Netbooks

[Shawn Perry]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:27 PM, David L. Anselmi <anselmi at anselmi.us> wrote:
> ErikZ wrote:
>> Has anyone tried running any flavor of Ubuntu on a Nettop?
>>
>> Nettops have the same hardware as Netbooks, but without the built-in
>> screen and keyboard.
>
> One of the comments at newegg says so, using the Ubuntu NBR.  I'd expect it to work fine.
>
>> I was thinking of putting it on the network and having it run apache,
>> mysql, and be a general testbed/sandbox. But I've never used an ATOM processor
>> before and I don't know what the limitations/pitfalls for it are.
>
> Looks like that might be a good DVR box (not sure about the output options so maybe not for me).
> But I need a file/imap server.  I was thinking about one of those $100 wall warts but maybe this is
> a better value.
>
> Dave

I don't know that the ATOM has the horse power to run a DVR.  They can
have trouble with Flash movies like YouTube.