From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 24 17:14:58 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 E407816A4CE for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:14:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B59243D1D for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:14:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [69.27.131.0] ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 11:14:40 -0600 Message-ID: <41A4C161.70206@daleco.biz> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 11:14:09 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20041023 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Fletcher References: <419F962C.3030103@optonline.net> <41A42BA4.7010804@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <41A42BA4.7010804@shaw.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Nov 2004 17:14:49.0078 (UTC) FILETIME=[1A697160:01C4D249] cc: bsdfsse 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 17:14:59 -0000 John Fletcher wrote: > > 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 FreeBSD runs real well on these chips as well. I got a real kick out of this one, but it's obviously aimed at "performance" rather than "silence": http://members.verizon.net/~vze24qhw/mini_c~2.jpg http://members.verizon.net/~vze24qhw/howto.html Mr. Gardner says "it caused quite a stir" at the very site (mini-itx.com) you mention when he posted linkage there. Probably it's as quiet as my 2U rackmount Athlon (that I'm currently using as a desktop). :-D Kevin Kinsey