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Future Linux machines?



Bill Horne <ewhorne at mindspring.com> writes
>I'll echo what the others have said, with my own twist: these would
>be great "back room" machines, and would clearly serve well as
>DHCP/print/firewall/NAT/router boxes.

Another issue is power.  If I've done my arithmetic correctly, one of
these machines would use on the order of $50 of electricity in a
year.  One of those tiny Linksys boxes could wind up cheaper in the
long run.

	- Jim Van Zandt

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