From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 8 01:47:57 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E775106564A for ; Sat, 8 May 2010 01:47:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f181.google.com (mail-qy0-f181.google.com [209.85.221.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCB448FC16 for ; Sat, 8 May 2010 01:47:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk11 with SMTP id 11so2467501qyk.13 for ; Fri, 07 May 2010 18:47:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=uei7B8QY7h5P/yPefE8Tj2M1VfrLci4o1BBM3YTg7OE=; b=KS6Knszf6kgjAd6536Ng9ElmnYOTBDKoqosjZ5nITXNK2rfxwGY3VCpyjY7TgLKx3R xyybVkj23/Ym1JC5umCVEHy40+QdSPbyKGGD9ucdLgCl50HnlFMkLMErZSwIpBHZ/eA4 76cf9xMg1fAHY/vdiW4nAU0KHCMeH1myBG5cE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=i6xiKtBj6jzefoQ3CJvz2DmCsFmBvO7aRCKlfsWQNqGn8g/A/AjiBUHU3YgpOytMiw zav5LOczKSr2konaSOXQLz+4z+gGYKj8pj8dAp13zfJYVErvc9Y/66ummRvF70BP97vQ NSwyIUVNA/SY157jGqnim/ugQIGykFrXfxL0c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.182.20 with SMTP id ca20mr626623qcb.58.1273283270156; Fri, 07 May 2010 18:47:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.99.67 with HTTP; Fri, 7 May 2010 18:47:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 20:47:50 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Liontaur Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Small computer to run a GUI? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 01:47:57 -0000 On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Liontaur wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm looking for a small (and relatively inexpensive) computer to run a GUI, > I don't much care if it's KDE or Gnome or one of the others. Just so that I > can browse the Internet using Firefox (unfortunately I may need to look at > some flash). So they need to be able to run FreeBSD (obviously), a GUI, > have > a Cat5 port (10/100 is fine), and PS/2s for mouse and keyboard. USB is a > bonus but not necessary. > > I remember seeing some kind of small terminals at the local library but I > can't remember now who made them I think it was Weis or Weir or something > like that but a google brings up nothing. I was hoping to either boot them > over a network or using a CF card or something with a small footprint as > well. I went checking out Soekris but couldn't really see if they offer a > GUI, the models I looked at didn't have a VGA port though. I was hoping for > something about 9 inches square and three inches thick, or smaller. > > Thanks folks! > Sounds like you want a netbook. -- Adam Vande More