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Re: free software mini pc



Stefan Monnier wrote at 2012-02-27 19:48 -0600:
> > I need a fanless mini PC; it will run Debian.  It will be used in a
> > production environment.  I need good Linux support to facilitate fast
> > deployment and low maintenance.  Avoiding non-free software really helps in
> > that regard, so I consider non-free firmware barely tolerable, while
> > out-of-tree kernel modules and things like ndiswrapper are definitely
> > unacceptable.
> 
> FWIW, I just got a Zotac Fusion mini-ITX board.
> >From what I can tell, all the hardware is fully supported by stock
> Debian testing, with the only non-free package I needed is the
> firmware-linux-nonfree needed for the GPU to work (using the `radeon'
> Free Software driver).

Thanks for your input.  The Zotac ZBOX systems always seemed "cheap" to me, 
not so with your Fusion board?  I might look into this some more.

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