“Pimp” Your Penguin
Would you call Linux on a Mini a “Lini”?
A Mini? Or a “Lini”?
Apple has always produced sexy hardware designs and the recent
Macintosh Mini is no exception. Given its size and features, the diminutive machine has been converted into tiny media servers, digital video recorders, and more. AOpen (
http://www.aopen.com), a hardware company from Taiwan popular with CPU overclocking speed freaks, has taken note of the Mini’s success and has released their own tiny, svelte machine, running
Linux!The AOpen MiniPC, a 6.5-inch-square box only two inches high, is fashionable in brushed aluminum, yet packs a punch with mid-range Intel processors, 512 MB RAM, 40-80 GB disk drives, Gigabit Ethernet, and a slot loading DVD player. But more important, AOpen is offering a MiniPC powered by Linspire Linux. Wow!
Starting at $399, AOpen’s slick little machines are begging for prime real estate on your desktop!
Can You Beat the iPod?
Neuros(), a multimedia hardware vendor, has taken an innovative approach with the launch of its new 442 media player. Recognizing the dominance of Apple’s iPod, the company has opened both the firmware and the interface of the 442, hoping that software hackers will give the product a boost. The approach just might work.
