[clue-tech] Nettops and Netbooks

[ErikZ]

>From what I've read, the ATOM doesn't have enough horsepower to do
regular OS stuff and graphics processing. But the unit I linked to
below also has an nVidia ION graphics processing chip that was
specifically designed to offload HD graphics processing from the CPU.
Someone who was using the unit as an HTPC said the CPU never got above
20% while playing 1080p. And that's a single core unit.

It requires specific drivers to do this, but they're available in both
windows and linux.

I don't want to just use it just as a HTPC. I'm looking for a Linux hobby box.

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Shawn Perry <redmop924 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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.
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