Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 18:12:18 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Liontaur <liontaur@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Small computer to run a GUI? Message-ID: <20100508181218.8696c509.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTini8aJTv9xmMAcmtNqKri8e1CNl-tdAUqIUFUcX@mail.gmail.com> References: <q2wb121fe571005071841s3e2861f1k3f9b61861bbb6266@mail.gmail.com> <z2i6201873e1005071847zdc4fccaem14603744f674b502@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTini8aJTv9xmMAcmtNqKri8e1CNl-tdAUqIUFUcX@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 7 May 2010 21:37:53 -0700, Liontaur <liontaur@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > Sounds like you want a netbook. > > > > -- > > Adam Vande More > > > > I was more thinking of something without a monitor, keyboard or mouse. This is what you usually call a terminal. :-) "Modern" people often call it a thin client. In particular, I'm not sure if it fits your needs because it not a stand-alone system. > I > want to put it in a cupboard and not worry about it. Again, this sounds like you want a terminal. You don't worry about them. In fact, you don't spend one thought about them after installing (which means: plugging it in). > With a netbook i'd > probably have to leave it open (or else it would go into suspend mode or > heat up or...). Sadly, that's often a problem - running a laptop or notebook with closed lid, so you can use attached keyboard, mouse and monitor. :-( > I was just hoping for something Soekris size but with a VGA > output. Maybe something ARM based would be useful? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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