Re: [MLUG] Linux based Internet Appliance

[Ian Scott <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

J Scott Christianson wrote:
> I am looking for an Internet Appliance (email and perhaps web access) for a
> relative. This person has never used a computer and is not technically
> inclined. The mailstation is about the only one I can find for sale. There
> is some information about a linux-based AOL instant access applicance from
> Gateway, but it appears that it is no longer offered. And it looks like the
> i-opener has gone under (also linux based). Does anyone have experience with
> an Internet Appliance that you would recommend??

www.thinknic.com sells pretty neat Linux Internet Appliances with an 
onboard modem and 10/100 ethernet.  They used to be $199 but they've 
raised the price to $249 (Though it seems like they've upped the CPU 
from a PR266 to a PR300.)  I have one and it's not too bad for VERY VERY 
basic websurfing.  Once you have more than a couple windows open, it 
gets pretty pokey and can be frustrating.  It shouldn't be that slow, 
but the motherboard has no L2 cache.  Many people get K6-III or K6-2+ 
CPUs that have their own L2 cache.  If the newer versions of the NIC 
have cache, it'd be worth getting.

It also has a decent "hacker" community based at 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thinknic-tech/

Ian

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