[Freedombox-discuss] Intel Compute Stick

[dr@jones.dk (Jonas Smedegaard)]

Hi Melvin,

Quoting Melvin Carvalho (2015-01-13 10:57:04)
> I was wondering if this could be a candidate for a freedom box device?
>
> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-stick/intel-compute-stick.html
>
> Rumoured to be around $150

To me it is unsuitable for a FreedomBox: It lacks ethernet.

Adding USB-based ethernet is not an option IMO: Quality of that is bad. 
We have plenty of good options, so I see no reason to consider bad ones.

How do you find this option better than (or on par with) the 59 
currently at <https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/TargetedHardware>?

Is it that architecture is AMD64?  Is it the confidence that Intel is a 
big company?  Is it the form factor?  Or perhaps you see it as a 
_benefit_ that it does not include ethernet?  Why do you suggest it?


 - Jonas

P.S.

Also, I have not yet seen this device generally for sale anywhere.

-- 
 * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt
 * Tlf.: +45 40843136  Website: http://dr.jones.dk/

 [x] quote me freely  [ ] ask before reusing  [ ] keep private
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 949 bytes
Desc: signature
URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/freedombox-discuss/attachments/20150113/87f88cd2/attachment.sig>