[Freedombox-discuss] Cheap hardware for the FreedomBox software

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On Mar 31, 2012, at 9:19, Rob van der Hoeven <robvanderhoeven at ziggo.nl> wrote:

> http://freedomboxblog.nl/cheap-hardware-for-the-freedombox-software/
> 
> In this article i answer the following question: When does the energy
> cost of running the FreedomBox software on a desktop computer justifies
> buying specialized low power hardware? The answer to this question may
> surprise you.

Useful data, thanks.  

Hopefully the list of FBox compatible hardware (http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/TargetedHardware) will grow to include "open" routers (e.g. Asus) and popular but older laptops/netbooks that consumers already own.