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GuruPlug
tkteun:
Wow, I was looking for this.
I have a Guruplug which is my router/storage/pbx and I felt like it's time to add home automation and media streaming to that list.
When I got the unit I turned it on and it immediately started heating up, after 30 minutes of uboot I burned my finger on the usb ports. So I took the 30 day warranty sticker off it and noticed how the power supply is choking the processor leaving absolutely no ventilation room. After some craftsmanship I came up with this:
picasaweb.google.nl teunkloosterman/Guruplug?authkey=Gv1sRgCLalltCt6Z7JxAE (not allowed links on first post ;)
Cost me about € 7 and it has been running eversince. At first I tried it without the fan but it got above 50 degrees C. within minutes, now it has quite a nervous fan in it, almost like the old xbox, but no heat problems what so ever.
I am using e-sata II (2TB 3.5" external PSU), 2,5" 320GB (usb powered, 500mA), 8GB Class6 microSD (mounted on /usr for apps), 2x Gigabit bridged with Wireless WPA2 AES, Bluetooth.
Also, I'm currently running iptables (about 60 rules in 5 tables), squid (transparent port 80), apache (with webmin), asterisk (landline), OpenVPN and SabNZBd+.
The only thing I'm quite disappointed about is the CPU performance on gzip/bzip etc., it drives the CPU wa time to 100%. I tried gzip'ing 50MB, took about 10 minutes or so. Funny thing is that unrar'ing with sabnzbd really doesn't take that much time. I guess the unrar application uses the CPU, while gzip makes use of the cryptographic coprocessor, never really tried.
I also have the 'professional' upgrade kit which consists of a tiny fan between the psu and usb ports, 3/4 of the fan is blocked by plastic, so I didn't use it.
I really urge people to do something like I did!!! DO NOT USE THE ORIGINAL UNIT!
Anyways, I'm glad I found this topic, somebody should link the Guruplug wiki site to: Category:Cores
valent:
GuruPlug looks like a great companion to LinuxMCE if you want to do only home automation without multimedia so this fits my home project.
Hari is it possible to install mini LinuxMCE on Tonidoplug (Sheevaplug) hardware also or not?
Are there any EU shops where from Guruplug can be bought from?
nite_man:
There is an another interesting plug PC - Stratus++. It has built-in Z-Wave adapter. So, you don't need to buy USB one.
Hari, how you control your GuruPlug? Do you have some GUI for that?
tkteun:
@Valent: I'd look for the Dreamplug: http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-41-dreamplug-devkit.aspx
This has a lot better housing and removable power supply so it hasn't got all the problems of the Guruplug. Also, it has integrated audio.
In the EU (UK) there's: http://www.newit.co.uk/
valent:
Guys have you seen RaspberryPi: http://www.raspberrypi.org/ ?
This thing id dirt cheap (25$), and my guess is that it would run ARM version of Fedora and LinuxMCE.
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