[LUGSB] tonidoplug

[Jonathan Dahan]

Its basically a fast router with a lot of memory. Alternatively a router is
a slow plugcomputer with many ethernet ports :D

- Jonathan


On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Ehtesh Choudhury <merlockmagus at gmail.com>wrote:

> Did someone say "plug and play?" Hehe.
>
> Although, I don't see too much of a distinction between plug computers,
> routers, and even the WD tv Live units. Heat issues aside, if this could
> connect/broadcast wirelessly or had a video card, what would make it
> different from a router or a WD tv Live player? I guess it's low power
> consumption?
>
> Just wondering.
>
> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Richard Yao <ryao at ic.sunysb.edu> wrote:
>
>> Someone in the #gentoo-chat channel on freenode said that he was
>> having problems with the guruplug and that he has not heard anything
>> bad about the sheevaplug. It might be a good idea to go by the adage,
>> "the original is always best".
>>
>> That is everything I know on the topic.
>>
>> Yours truly,
>> Richard Yao
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Jonathan Dahan <jedahan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > from http://plugapps.com/index.php5?title=Hardware:_GuruPlug :
>> > "If you can live with 1 ethernet port, we strongly suggest getting a
>> > Sheevaplug instead. Much more stable, runs cooler, and is much more
>> > supported by everyone. Also, you'd save on buying the JTAG box (it's
>> > built-in to the Sheevaplug)."
>> > - Jonathan
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Jonathan Dahan <jedahan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Good find. Looks like the guruplug regular is $100 and is a pretty
>> solid
>> >> upgrade. The $130 version adds a second gigabit ethernet port and
>> eSata. The
>> >> only value the tonidoplug has over the guruplug is that is has some
>> nice
>> >> preconfigured software, but I will look into what the nitty gritty
>> software
>> >> differences are. Leaning towards the $100 guruplug right now, even
>> though
>> >> eSata is nice :D This is assuming we can buy these at all, of course.
>> >> - Jonathan
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 5:49 PM, <agentfat2004 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> What about going after a guru plug. Its only $124
>> >>> Sent from my BlackBerry® powered by Virgin Mobile.
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: Jonathan Dahan <jedahan at gmail.com>
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>> >>> Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 17:40:31
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