Re: Any thoughts on fanless PC from "Cappuccino PC" ?

From: Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. (kdk_at_daleco.biz)
Date: 11/24/04

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To: John Fletcher <ubernatural@shaw.ca>

    John Fletcher wrote:

    >
    > Mini-itx.com has a bunch of ideas for diy or pre-built silent
    > and near-silent PC's as well. Might even get you back
    > interested in a special geeky diy project!
    >
    > A bunch of folks on mini-itx.com run linux on their
    > VIA PC's (the main processor for the mini-itx board,
    > though you can get P4s and Celerons too), but I haven't
    > yet heard of a FreeBSD install. Maybe you could give
    > some advice to the rest of us if you go that route - I've
    > been quite curious to know if FreeBSD would run
    > smoothly on those little PCs myself. Performance
    > isn't really an issue for me, to be honest. Silence
    > is far more important to me.
    >
    > John

    FreeBSD runs real well on these chips as well.

    I got a real kick out of this one, but it's obviously
    aimed at "performance" rather than "silence":

    http://members.verizon.net/~vze24qhw/mini_c~2.jpg
    http://members.verizon.net/~vze24qhw/howto.html

    Mr. Gardner says "it caused quite a stir" at the very
    site (mini-itx.com) you mention when he posted
    linkage there.

    Probably it's as quiet as my 2U rackmount
    Athlon (that I'm currently using as a desktop). :-D

    Kevin Kinsey
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