Hello Pascal Brugier, Am 2012-09-17 10:05:03, hacktest Du folgendes herunter: > Hi, > > I'm wondering if it's a good idea to build a workstation based on > ARM motherboard. > > My needs are : > > - X desktop, Awesome or perharps Gnome3 > - remote admin with ssh > - web browser > - libreoffice and pdf reader for reading and writing documentation > - music listening :) > - SIP/Voip client like Twinkle > - Installing any packets for testing config in pre-prod env. This all is possibel with an Marvel Discovery MV78200 (DualCore 1200MHz) where already MiniITX Boards exist. I have developed a MiniITX too, but had to stop the production du to some problems with the french administration... It has 1 SODIMM, 4x PCIe Singel Lane, 1x PCIe Quad Lane, 2x SATA, USB 2, 2x Giga Ethernet, 512MByte NAND, SDHC, requires a PSU 9-32V (=>10 Watt). In clear: I have used anything possibel with the MV78200. Unfortunately I have no oney anymore for the production. > So I'm asking if ARM plateform is a good choice at this time for a > workstation ? YES > As it's better, to have a SATA port for read/write performances, > there is not a big choice on mother board and I found only one, it's > the last from Freescale base on i-MX6, and 1Gb network interface is > a good point too. But I did'nt find if I can install Debian armhf > (squeeze or wheezy) on it, so have you some informations about this > point? > > This wil be a personnal workstation, so I don't have thousand and > thousand of € :). I have the MV78200 Development Kit (6800 US$) and two Prototypes for the MiniITX and it works flawless with Debian Squeeze, byside some special things where a newer Kernel is required, speakj, the Kernel in Squeeze is too old to support the MV78200 entirely. See: Linux ARM Kernel Mailinglist... > My idea is to get a little workstation, in size and power consumption. > If you have other ideas, tell me I'll look at them. I have on the PCIe 4x Port a TFT controller which drive an LVDS display withj 2560x1920/16M pixel without any problems... I bought the TFT controller (68 US$) and display (140US$, not a monitor) from a chinese manufacturer... > Thanks. > > Regards, > Pascal. Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening Michelle Konzack -- ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ###################### Development of Intranet and Embedded Systems with Debian GNU/Linux Internet Service Provider, Cloud Computing <http://www.itsystems.tamay-dogan.net/> <http://www.debian.tamay-dogan.net/> itsystems@tdnet Jabber linux4michelle@jabber.ccc.de Owner Michelle Konzack Gewerbe Strasse 3 Tel office: +49-176-86004575 77694 Kehl Tel mobil: +49-177-9351947 Germany Tel mobil: +33-6-61925193 (France) USt-ID: DE 278 049 239 Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/
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