True but then you couldn't use a flash drive unless you used a powered usb hub.
Cory "For all the ways in which technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three." --Alice Kuhn On 05/07/2011 07:25 PM, Chuck Stickelman wrote:
You could always plug a tiny USB/Bluetooth adapter into the USB slot. On Sat, 2011-05-07 at 15:43 -0400, C Olson wrote:Yes but what would be better is bluetooth keyboard and mouse! Cory "For all the ways in which technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three." --Alice Kuhn On 05/07/2011 09:25 AM, Kory Pounds wrote:Having a working "mini" PC on a small piece of hardware like that has a lot of potential. All you need is to output the graphics to a monitor of some sort (HDMI) and input your keyboard/mouse (USB), just like it talks about. Of course for the time being we would be limited in the total scope of things compared to a fully-equipped desktop or laptop PC, but it definitely still has advantages to it (and the capabilities will expand in time as development increases). I see a lot of security in confidential work in something like this. How does everyone else see it? Kory Pounds On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Larry DiGioia<larry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Right, I didn't actually follow the link (!) sorry. If you enjoyed that, take a look at the open-source hardware movement - led by Adafruit industries... http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/03/ff_adafruit/ ...and an open-source MP3 player: http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2008/03/etech_hardware On 05/06/2011 10:45 PM, Chuck Stickelman wrote:I don't think you're talking about the same things... Read the article and see that the USB stick that Kory is talking about is NOT a USB flash-drive... On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 13:42 +0000, DiGioia, Larry wrote:I carry in my pocket a single USB stick, which is able to boot a choice of: Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop Ubuntu 11.04 Rescue Remix Trinity Rescue BitDefender AV UBCD (Ultimate Boot CD) WinPE x86 -----Original Message----- From: ncolug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ncolug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kory Pounds Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 9:17 AM To: NCOLUG; Tirrell Hood; Naomi Somerlade Subject: [ncolug] Game developer David Braben creates a USB stick PC for $25 Everyone, I originally picked this up from Slashdot. This sounds impressive to me! You can carry around your own PC on a USB stick, which runs a version of Linux. Check it out and let us know what you think: http://www.geek.com/articles/games/game-developer-david-braben-creates-a-usb-stick-pc-for-25-2011055/ Kory PoundsTo unsubscribe send to ncolug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.-- Studio - D Productions l o n g w i r e . c o m "The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." William JamesTo unsubscribe send to ncolug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
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