[Hudlug] Common project proposal??

[Shak]

Corrado On Hud wrote:

>Dear friends,
>
>with the beginning of the new academic year (...:-)...), I would like to 
>propose an idea for "common project", that is a project we could work on 
>together. 
>
>The idea is to create a very low consumption and very low noise (that is a 
>very low pollution) box, running Linux, without compromising too much on 
>performances. For performances, I mainly think of input/output throughput and 
>transactions, and *NOT* games. If the consuption is low enough we could think 
>of assembling it as a "kit" with its own portable solar panel/wind mill. From 
>the point of view of the distribution, I was thinking of using a modified 
>version of Rock.
>
>It would be of noticeable use in many places, for instance developing 
>countries or in "electronic house" applications.
>
>What do you think?
>
>Corrado
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Hi,

Seems a good idea, a common project might actually advance the LUG 
somewhat (ok, I'll shut up already, we've been discussing this advance 
in HudLUG for about 6 months now).

The first question I have is, why? What will the machine do? Why will it 
need solar/wind power?

I personally, need to have a clear aim of a project before I set out on 
it, just wondering what the aim of this project is.

Shak

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