[Freedombox-discuss] An ARM Linux box for $25

[Pierre Fenoll]

Put it in a (wooden-)laptop skeleton and you've got a computer for everyone
who doesn't encode videos|play video games much.
I mean let's face it, I don't think a lot of people would need horsepowered
computers for most uses…
And I really like the idea of a wooden case. And fully open source design!

On 31 July 2011 16:20, ya knygar <knygar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great news, Marc,
> thank you!
>
>
> http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/raspberry-pi-25-pc-goes-into-alpha-production-20110728/
> amazing,
> i hope FreedomBox TAC would contact and inspire this project,
>
>
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/07/28/why-doesnt-the-uk-have-it_n_911915.html
> interesting article,
> "For as it turns out the chip that powers the Raspberry Pi computer -
> a BCM 2835 - was born out of the BCM 2722. Which, as you will be
> aware, was the chip that powered the first-ever video iPod."
>
> "It would be nice if through the Raspberry Pi the circle was completed
> and the iPod's granddaughter inspired the iPod of the future. " :)
>
>
>  i believe - it would be the first drop into mass market,
> after that many of existing but frozen projects would
> re-appear,
> so far the most useful and "real" among these wich got into real
> production and on market,
> among  i'v seen was  -
> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child
> Amazing project by style, software and inspiration, not so - by price.
>
> Another good use for these 25$ machines, besides FreedomBox is in a
> portable child PC's,
> maybe like a portable personal boxes for expensive school monitors,
> 700MHz ARM11 processor, 128MB RAM, OpenGL ES 2.0
> and 1080p output,
> it's just great.
>
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