[Novalug] I might have my Linux Intel Compute Stick by then

greg pryzby greg@pryzby.org
Mon Jul 27 15:24:28 EDT 2015


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On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 3:12 PM James Ewing Cottrell, III via Novalug <
novalug@firemountain.net> wrote:

> It's not dropped. I see all the discussions. What I DON'T see is NovaLUG
> on the address list, at least on *some* of the messages.
>
> Perhaps that's a Question for RSK?
>
> JIM
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Franklin via Novalug" <novalug@firemountain.net>
> To: "Bryan J Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org>
> Cc: "greg pryzby via Novalug" <novalug@firemountain.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 2:47:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Novalug] I might have my Linux Intel Compute Stick by then
>
> Is there a reason you dropped the list from the CC?
>
> On Jul 27, 2015, at 2:09 PM, Bryan J Smith <b.j.smith@ieee.org> wrote:
> > John Franklin wrote:
> >> I may have a palm-sized Zotac box by then, too.
> >
> > Those Zotac ZBOX nano boxes are so overlooked by people who often talk
> > Intel NUC or Gigabyte BRIX.  The ZBOX can also fit a 2.5" drive under
> > the cover too, unlike the NUC (and the BRIX?).  And unlike Intel and
> > Gigabyte (although Gigabyte might offer them now), Zotac actually
> > ships AMD too, not just Intel.
>
> I'm kinda disappointed it won't take an mSATA.
>
> > I.e., AMD's BGA Socket-FT3 is a SoC -- Jaguar/Kabini (same as XBox One
> > / PS4, only they have 2x packages) and revised, more efficient
> > Puma/Beema, everything on-package.
>
> The Zotac I'm eyeing is the CA320, the AMD APU version with the A6 1450
> (Temesh) chip in it.  I don't see any others on the Zotac site.
>
> The CA320 includes 802.11ac on it, something I can't seem to find in an
> AMD APU based laptop.
>
> > It's hard to find Socket-FT3 in Mini-ITX, only these nano-ITX/pico-ITX
> > "pre-build" boxes.  Why it's not more popular, I don't know.  I guess
> > consumers don't like the idea of not being able to replace the CPU,
> > even though everything is on the CPU/mainboard, so they are under $75.
> >
> > That's why Socket-AM1 exists.  It's basically nothing more than the
> > prior Socket-FT3, but in a socket, even though nearly all the logic is
> > in the SoC APU.
>
> There's not much call for the SFF boxes outside of DIY media players.  If
> I'm going to build an access point or a router, I'll start with an existing
> router and drop DD-WRT or Debian on it.
>
> I'm plan to use mine as an remote-office Asterisk server to manage one or
> two IP phones.  The 1450 should be able to handle transcoding a couple
> streams without a fuss, but I wish Asterisk would use the GPUs to do audio
> transcoding.
>
> >> I'd be happy to do a Mythbntu install live on it.
> >> (How hard can it be?)  We can make it SFF meeting.
> >
> > Depends on how much you try to "push" on the GPU.
> >
> > The quad-core versions of the Jaguar/Kabini-Puma/Beema with the
> > 6x00/7x00 GPUs should be fine ... at least if you load the AMD
> > drivers.  Don't know how well the Gallium overlay support is.
>
> Gallium is crap.  The touch screen notebook I brought to a meetings
> several months ago (the Touchscreen Linux presentation) has exactly the
> same chip as the Zotac.  The AMD drivers provide far better performance and
> with better power management than the open source drivers, even after the
> power management patches were added.
>
> I am able to play 720p on that little laptop with decent battery life.  I
> expect the same from the little Zotac.
>
> Sadly, Gnome 3 and AMD aren't working together and the AMD drivers don't
> work with the latest Gnome 3 stuff.  Or maybe that's a good thing and yet
> another reason to stay with Mint.
>
> jf
> --
> John Franklin
> franklin@elfie.org
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