maybe try a Gumstix computer - <a href="http://www.gumstix.com/">http://www.gumstix.com/</a><div><br></div><div>Todd<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:21 PM, peter berrett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:berrettp@optusnet.com.au">berrettp@optusnet.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi all</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I have query regarding Linux and seeing as most
people at MW use Linux I hope it is ok to ask here.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I want to make a small low power computer for a
balloon project. I have noticed that used thin clients are very cheap and use
low power.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Is it possible to reflash a thin client with a
small distribution of linux (eg Puppy Linux) to make it run as a small self
contained computer?</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">If so can you recommend any good used
models?</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">eg what do you think of these?</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Compaq-EVO-T20-Thin-Client_W0QQitemZ370276332141QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Servers?hash=item563630726d" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Compaq-EVO-T20-Thin-Client_W0QQitemZ370276332141QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Servers?hash=item563630726d</a></font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Sun-Microsystems-SunRay-1G-Ultra-Thin-Client-Model-102_W0QQitemZ110439967192QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Networking?hash=item19b6bc29d8" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Sun-Microsystems-SunRay-1G-Ultra-Thin-Client-Model-102_W0QQitemZ110439967192QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Networking?hash=item19b6bc29d8</a></font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com.au/IBM-Thin-client-8363-Linux-Netvista-N2200_W0QQitemZ330360299030QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Networking?hash=item4ceb021e16" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com.au/IBM-Thin-client-8363-Linux-Netvista-N2200_W0QQitemZ330360299030QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Networking?hash=item4ceb021e16</a></font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Thanks Peter</font></div>
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