[ossig] Linksys nslu2's in KL?

[Changching Yew]

On 2/28/07, Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng at wdc.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 00:11 +0800, Changching Yew wrote:
> > Bought one at IT Hypermart, Low Yat for RM340. Installed debian etch
> > and now I have a totally noiseless debian box torrenting 24/7.
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> Hmm.. you seem to have quite a lot of these embedded boxens.
> Few questions.
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> 1. RM340 was like how many months ago?

Quite some time. I would say one year ago.

> 2. What Torrent SW is being used? What's the load avg?

Personally a fan of ctorrent. The cpu load is ok but the limit is the
system memory tho.

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> Based on what I've read on the FAQ etc, seems like after installing the
> small firmware, the FUll blown OS can be installed to the disk and
> booted off there? So essentially you get all 17K packages (based on
> wikipedia) available for debian?

You got it right. Its a now supported debian platform.

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> I'm seriously considering replacing my Dell 2300 to a low power
> alternative. (Me thinks it's sucking up too much electricity and
> nowadays, electricity prices are going up!)
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> More info please.
>
> PS : what about getting a VIA EPIA, one of those low end 800Mhz ones??
> (last I checked 1 yr ago was RM480 (excluding power supply which would
> cost additional $$$)

Hey. A arm based debian box is much cooler dun u think ;)

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