linux is "collaborative" https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/board-members/by Gravelrash - Off-Topic
......why are all the good toys at the right price on the other side of the pond......by Gravelrash - Debian
continue with the demand for full refund and cost of postage, or offer to accept a full refund and you will dispose of the item when the refund has been received to save him the cost of postage, whilst providing 5* feedback if that fails open the dispute via ebay and tick the item not as advertised boxby Gravelrash - Off-Topic
demand a full refund or open up a dispute via ebay - as the item is misadvertisedby Gravelrash - Off-Topic
was I should send a picture, which I did ??????? You should have just pointed him to his ad, its in the blurb lower down, so they obviously knew it wasnt an Atheros chipset JoeyPogoPlugE02 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Gravelrash Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- > > JoeyPogoPlugE02 Wrote: > > > -by Gravelrash - Off-Topic
JoeyPogoPlugE02 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Atheros" > USB wireless I bought came in yesterday and > has an RLink chip in it, so the packaging says. > But it's variety and I can always keep an eye out > at garage sales. Send it back thats not atheros thats ralink and not what you wantby Gravelrash - Off-Topic
@joey is there someone close you could post it to for confirmation?by Gravelrash - Off-Topic
@bodhi I have put a requests in with a uk seller to see if he will sell me a couple and not a block of 17! - :fingers crossedby Gravelrash - Off-Topic
digging deeper, it might not be suitable for this forum... The Armada 500 series is aimed at high-end smartbooks and tablets. The specs for the 500 series are: Marvell Sheeva ARMv7 at 1.2GHz Wireless MMX2 512K L2 cache 2D/3D hardware accelerated graphics DDR2 WUXGA, HD1080p video playback Integrated SATA, PCIe and Gigabit Ethernet any thoughts? @bodhiby Gravelrash - Off-Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oeBOF_BYII :))) respect to all on hereby Gravelrash - Off-Topic
Have we seen this one before? apologies if its been discussed before. : Specs Processor Marvell ARM Armada 510 @ 1.0 GHz Video Marvell ARM integrated graphics Flash 512 MB DRAM 1 Gb Connectivity 10/100/1000 Ethernet (RJ-45) Emulations DVI-I digital video output (DVI to VGA adapter included) I/O and peripheral support 4 USB 2.0; 1 RJ-45; 1 DVI-I; 1 headphone; 1 microphone in;by Gravelrash - Off-Topic
rayknight Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > perhaps I can help you get it working. > > Ray :thumsbupby Gravelrash - Off-Topic
JoeyPogoPlugE02 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > but might just..... wire a switch out to toggle electricity supplied to the card (when the machine is running) and use what I have. > Lamer??? - NO WAY - thats a hacker :)))))by Gravelrash - Off-Topic
Carlo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > weeelll... i just wanted to have the donkey ready > to be used.... but now.. stubborn as it is it > won't work > but now my issue is: should i format the hd and > put the bodhi prepared operative system upon it, > or i can somehow fix it? Start from fresh and go from there...by Gravelrash - Debian
ok - amule needs a graphical user interface. which unless you have setup vnc or xrdp on ths unit you wont have.... so, my recomendation to you is to install https://wiki.debian.org/minidlna - for your legal media needs, this will make you media available across your network https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/install-transmission-web-interface-on-ubuntu-1204/ - for your torrent downloadiby Gravelrash - Debian
Carlo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i didnt even suspect there was an alternative to > dos in those times.... Right up until 2012 https://www.extremetech.com/computing/143216-linux-drops-support-for-intels-386-processors-but-does-it-really-matterby Gravelrash - Debian
great fun this.... needs a tweak to sort dns out but all in all a fun little distro. with "libre elec" built in and a full linux desktop experience http://www.retrorangepi.org/by Gravelrash - Off-Topic
Carlo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > linux users must suffer not sure i agree with that... linux users, as opposed to linux consumers, are usually a bunch of technical people who can find a different way to do the same thing when a developer drops what they consider to be an aged architecture. anyone remember when you could install linux on a 386.... aby Gravelrash - Debian
there is a howto somewhere on here for OMV OMV howtoby Gravelrash - Debian
do as per nomal then issue a rebootby Gravelrash - Debian
as long as it has the atheros chipset and you feel comfortable dealing with the seller, any chip will do the deed :))by Gravelrash - Off-Topic
thats a wounder.... :((((( JoeyPogoPlugE02 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm inclined to think it's shot. There's no > network detected at the router and no wireless > detected either.by Gravelrash - Off-Topic
habibie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What about this > NComputing > L300 Black Virtual Thin Client System With > vSpace under US $10? I could not find the > CPU specs, i.e. number of CPU cores. if its like there earlier models.... it will most likely be based on an FPGAby Gravelrash - Off-Topic
still looking for a decent priced marvell unit..... but in the meantime im playing with one of these as my virtualbox server HPT610 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-T610-plus-thin-client-2-4Gb-Ram-1-6GHz-AMD-G-T56N-16GB-Flash-with-AC-Adapter/332615379201?hash=item4d716be901:g:jVsAAOSwJQtaoW7hby Gravelrash - Off-Topic
to quote bodhi To prolong the life of your rootfs USB thumb drive: 1. Use busybox-syslogd to log to RAM. 2. For each package you installed, either specify the log file in /tmp. Or overmount the log files to /tmp (mount -o bind). 3. Use a swap file so you can create it on an attached HDD. And create one on flash drive in case the HDD is not attached. Use a script to detect if the HDD isby Gravelrash - Off-Topic
bodhi Wrote: > I also got a HP Thin Client still in box. This > Marvell one was reported by Ray. It is as cheap > but more powerful than the T5325 (with 1GB RAM). I > need to look at the model and let you know. I must have missed the posting on this one.... ill be interested in playing with this if you feel like sharing the link??by Gravelrash - Off-Topic
i reckon bodhi has the most,,,, cornered the market comes to mind :)))by Gravelrash - Off-Topic