[ubuntu-uk] Looking for SheevaPlug

Chris Rowson christopherrowson at gmail.com
Tue Apr 5 10:51:48 UTC 2011


> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I hope it is ok to post this here, I am looking for a SheevaPlug (or
> >> similar) to run my weather station.
> >> ...
> > There are quite a few on eBay, but they are relatively expensive.
>
> Yes, most of them are more than direct from newit.co.uk (£95 inc VAT
> and delivery).  For some reason newit charge more through ebay than
> from their own website.  The one used one on ebay looks likely to go
> for close to that, though it does include a usb hard drive enclosure.
>
> >  Have
> > you looked at the Linutop project,
>
> I had not seen that.  They are interesting but more powerful than I
> need and much more expensive.
>
> > or perhaps one of the netbooks from Maplin?
>
> I don't need the display so again more expensive.
>
> Thanks for the ideas though.
>
> Colin
>
>
Perhaps not powerful enough, but have you considered using something like a
Linksys WRT54GL and OpenWRT?

Chris
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