From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 9 12:05:56 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 C6D671065691 for ; Sun, 9 May 2010 12:05:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from woodbine.london.02.net (woodbine.london.02.net [87.194.255.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6384F8FC21 for ; Sun, 9 May 2010 12:05:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muji2.config (93.97.24.219) by woodbine.london.02.net (8.5.016.1) id 4A203296099F8CFE; Sun, 9 May 2010 13:05:54 +0100 Message-ID: <4BE6A528.2050802@onetel.com> Date: Sun, 09 May 2010 13:06:00 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20100317) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Liontaur References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Sun, 09 May 2010 12:05:56 -0000 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! > > Mark > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > http://www.very-pc.co.uk/?section=home-pcs look nice but maybe not cheap enough. I haven't tried one myself. Chris