On 03/25/2014 02:08 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
On 24 March 2014 16:11, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
These aren't old-fashioned, these are technically out-dated. Makes a huge
difference!
I am not sure it does. I would tend to consider them as 2 sides of the
same coin.
Have a look at "fashion" vs. "progress".
Somebody wearing 19th century clothes is old-fashioned, somebody driving
a coach is using out-dated technology.
This of course doesn't mean there are no valid use cases for 19th
century clothes nor using coaches.
Just think about non-desktop HW (e.g. phones, tablets, routers, switches,
NASes), which usually are equipped with different types of memory, being
used for different purposes ("Linux as firmware").
OK, true, but does Fedora run on any of these? Or even RHEL? I don't think so.
Well, if they are based on architectures Fedora supports, Fedora
theoretically could be made working on them.
ATM, this only applies to PC-based HW, such as some NASes/routers/HTPCs etc.
Definitely. Such setups are not uncommon on servers and are even sold by big
brands. e.g. HP.
E.g. the HP ProLiant N36/40/54L - These are equipped with a built-in usb-2
socket, designated to take an USB-stick to boot the OS from.
I have just been robbed of £92 by a bad eBay vendor trying to buy one,
actually, or I would have known this. It was my plan to boot if off a
hard disk, though.
I own an N40L. It currently is running Fedora and basically serves as my
(home-) office's network's main multi-purpose server. When it was new,
due to lack of a spare HD, I was using an 8GB USB-stick as system drive.
I was facing malfunctions after a couple of months of operation. I don't
know the real cause, but am inclined Fedora may have caused wear of the
USB-stick :=)
But is it used, is it really accessed? I guess no.
Yes, really, it is. Most commonly 1 LCD/keyboard-with-trackball on a
KVM in each rack.
Also think about NASes or boxes being used as routers. No need for graphics
on them.
No need, no, but it is built into even low-end CPUs these days!
Right .. but not into all, nor do all Mobos support CPU-built-in graphics.
Ralf
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