[Arm-netbook] ARM HDA Advice?

[Roman Mamedov]

On Wed, 4 Jul 2012 15:50:41 +0100
Alexander Ross <abushcrafter at gmail.com> wrote:

> *1GB ram min. Tribler & JD seam to like there rum.
> *1.*GHZ probley best. Don't think MHz is up to it.
> *Lots of SATA :P. IE 6 hard drives.
> *A 100% free software only distribution that will be supported for a few
> years at least.

Except for 6 SATA, even the MK802 qualifies. In fact I am currently moving all
my home "server" functions (except for the bulk storage) to an MK802 with USB
Ethernet.

With a requirement of one SATA, a Mele will qualify. Does anyone know if the
A10 supports SATA PMP, by the way? There are some 1-to-X SATA port multiplier
enclosures (expensive, though).

> I see there are lots of HDA sort of thing arm computers.

Personally I am unfamiliar with the term "HDA" (other than the acronym is used
for Intel audio), I don't remember seeing it before your message. Do you mean
the plug-like ARM servers? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug_computer

For some reason those 1) cost quite a lot ($100..150+)   2) sold from countries
like the UK and US, with either no shipping option at all, or with a hefty
shipping fee ($40..50+) to where I am.

So for me it seems like the MK802 and the Meles were the first FOSS-friendly
ARM devices that are not too inexpensive, and also easily orderable.

There are no explicitly server-usage targeted devices based on the A10, and
being more of a multimedia chip maybe it's not the best candidate, but given
the above-mentioned circumstances I think the MK802 and Mele both have one
more niche they can fill :) And you can benefit from all the work that's going
into supporting the A10 from people on this mailing list and on Rhombus-tech.
In fact it seems to me to be the most FOSS-friendly ARM system currently
available. And when using it as a server, you aren't even concerned about
working 2D or 3D or video acceleration, and if there are any blobs required
for that, etc.

> I want to run the flowing software

Here are some more ideas:
http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/LeavingTheCloud
http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/ExampleProjects

And generally, see http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox and
https://freedomboxfoundation.org/learn/

-- 
With respect,
Roman

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Stallman had a printer,
with code he could not see.
So he began to tinker,
and set the software free."
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