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Date:      Sun, 09 May 2010 13:06:00 +0100
From:      Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com>
To:        Liontaur <liontaur@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Small computer to run a GUI?
Message-ID:  <4BE6A528.2050802@onetel.com>
In-Reply-To: <q2wb121fe571005071841s3e2861f1k3f9b61861bbb6266@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <q2wb121fe571005071841s3e2861f1k3f9b61861bbb6266@mail.gmail.com>

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Liontaur wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm looking for a small (and relatively inexpensive) computer to run a GUI,
> I don't much care if it's KDE or Gnome or one of the others. Just so that I
> can browse the Internet using Firefox (unfortunately I may need to look at
> some flash). So they need to be able to run FreeBSD (obviously), a GUI, have
> a Cat5 port (10/100 is fine), and PS/2s for mouse and keyboard. USB is a
> bonus but not necessary.
> 
> I remember seeing some kind of small terminals at the local library but I
> can't remember now who made them I think it was Weis or Weir or something
> like that but a google brings up nothing. I was hoping to either boot them
> over a network or using a CF card or something with a small footprint as
> well. I went checking out Soekris but couldn't really see if they offer a
> GUI, the models I looked at didn't have a VGA port though. I was hoping for
> something about 9 inches square and three inches thick, or smaller.
> 
> Thanks folks!
> 
> Mark
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http://www.very-pc.co.uk/?section=home-pcs

look nice but maybe not cheap enough. I haven't tried one myself.

Chris




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