Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 20:47:50 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Liontaur <liontaur@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Small computer to run a GUI? Message-ID: <z2i6201873e1005071847zdc4fccaem14603744f674b502@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <q2wb121fe571005071841s3e2861f1k3f9b61861bbb6266@mail.gmail.com> References: <q2wb121fe571005071841s3e2861f1k3f9b61861bbb6266@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Liontaur <liontaur@gmail.com> 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
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