[Lilug] SheevaPlug

[Jonathan Dahan]

I think the thin client idea was meant for things like:

   - znc, an irc bouncer over ssl
   - ctorrent + torrentflux, remote seedbox
   - xmms2 / mpdx, remote media server
   - icecast, streaming radio
   - ssh-fs should take care of safe file sharing so no daemon needed for
   that

Already commercial products:

   - http://www.pogoplug.com/ - file server
   - http://www.ctera.com/home/ - file server with automatic offsite backup
   subscription
   - http://www.axentra.com/en/ - streaming media server
   - http://www.eyecontechnologies.com/ - usb webcam server

If you want hardware sensor support you can always hookup an arduino and
send commands / monitor live over the usb connection. A little scripting if
you want nice http viewable output.

It would be cool if this could be used to send X10 commands for home
automation without any additional hardware, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X10_(industry_standard) .

- Jonathan

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:31 AM, dotCOMmie (Ilya S.)
<lilug at dotcommie.net>wrote:

> Chris Knadle wrote:
>
>> On Thursday 26 February 2009, Will wrote:
>>
>>> That would make a really awesome thin client.
>>>
>>
>> Actually, no -- it has no display.  I suppose you could find a way to get
>> a display via USB, but I don't being a thin client is the application it's
>> meant for.  It would, however, be a great little remote Linux box for
>> checking remote sensors like temperatures, a camera, or to be an always-on
>> box for doing Wake-On-Lan to wake up other machines from.  Not good for a
>> firewall because there's only one ethernet device.
>>
>
> The biggest problem I see is lack of wifi. Not many homes are wired for
> Ethernet .. which is a shame. Some ideas for what to do with it:
>  * Remote camera (as Chris already mentioned)
>  * Printer server, although many modern printers come with ethernet. But
> there
>   are some benefits to running a full print queue on something like this.
>  * Remote USB, are there any USB over TCP standards? If not there should
> be.
>  * Remote sound card. How many people want to pipe their computer(s) to the
>   central living room sound system.
>
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