From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 24 06:35:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 280AE16A4CE for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 06:35:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd3mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA16B43D67 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 06:35:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ubernatural@shaw.ca) Received: from pd5mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (pd5mr2so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.233]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I7O00KWI7MVC800@l-daemon> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:35:19 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml10so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.80]) by pd5mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I7O000XN7MVLPM0@pd5mr2so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:35:19 -0700 (MST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (S01060080c80b3213.gv.shawcable.net [24.68.194.60]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I7O00F2V7MR86@l-daemon> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:35:19 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:35:16 -0800 From: John Fletcher In-reply-to: <419F962C.3030103@optonline.net> To: bsdfsse Message-id: <41A42BA4.7010804@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en References: <419F962C.3030103@optonline.net> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910 cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any thoughts on fanless PC from "Cappuccino PC" ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 06:35:30 -0000 bsdfsse wrote: > Also, would a computer from London work in America? The Hush PC's > looked pretty good. I think they have different electrical plugs over > there, that could be a fire hazard. You wouldn't need to get a Hush PC from London - they have a distributor in the US (www.logicsupply.com). I would be very surprised if the US distributor sold 240V plugs. The Cappuccino PC's look a little cheaper but they're, um, cheaper. Nice thing about the Hush is that it would blend right in with your stereo equipment. Mini-itx.com has a bunch of ideas for diy or pre-built silent and near-silent PC's as well. Might even get you back interested in a special geeky diy project! A bunch of folks on mini-itx.com run linux on their VIA PC's (the main processor for the mini-itx board, though you can get P4s and Celerons too), but I haven't yet heard of a FreeBSD install. Maybe you could give some advice to the rest of us if you go that route - I've been quite curious to know if FreeBSD would run smoothly on those little PCs myself. Performance isn't really an issue for me, to be honest. Silence is far more important to me. John