mini desktop

Softpedia: "Robert Shingledecker announced today, on his forum, another minor update of the DSL Linux distribution.

The new release, Damn Small Linux 4.4.7 (the versatile mini-desktop Linux distribution), includes the following additions since the previous version:"

Linux Pro Magazine: "The Eee Box with the Intel Atom processor is available in Linux and Windows XP."

Now I already have a home SAMBA server, running Debian, which also acts as a mini desktop. I decided to use this as my mail volume isn’t huge… I get ~20 valid emails a day, ~200-500 spams depending on the day of week really.

Here's another entrant to the expanding "nettop" or mini desktop PC market, the Shuttle KPC 4800 which is very similar to the KPC 4500 which was announced by Shuttle last year.

The CherryPal mini-desktop runs an embedded version of Debian on a Freescale processor running at 400MHz, with 256MB of RAM and 4GB of internal flash storage.

July 21, 2008, 02:03 PM - - The power-saving properties of CherryPal 's new Linux -based mini-desktop may attract cheers out of social conscience, but its performance may lead to some concerns.

The power-saving properties of CherryPal's new Linux-based mini-desktop may attract cheers out of social conscience, but its performance may lead to some concerns.

CherryPal is a new Linux-based mini-desktop that saves on power, but lacks on performance which may lead to some concerns.The CherryPal “cloud computer,” announced on Monday, which looks more like a thin client, uses only 2 watts of power at maximum usage, 97 percent less than typical desktops, the company claimed.

A business version of Micro-Star International's Wind mini-desktop PC should be available in Asia and Europe in July, as products are already in mass production, a company representative said Monday.