[SLL] Zonbu?

[Eric Kahklen]

I ran across a video podcast by Chris Parillo a while back where he gave 
the Zombu a try:

http://www.swansonmedia.com/video/chris-pirillo/zombu-green-pc.html

It is apparently very quiet and low heat.  We have a few places where 
we'd like to put a computer for tenants to use for email and researching 
things like jobs while doing laundry.  Something this small might make 
it pretty easy to physically lock down.  Given this is more of a kiosk 
type of setup where users aren't storing data I am less concerned, but 
if it was for myself, Glenn makes a great point!

Eric


> A random blogger posted this link:
>
> http://www.zonbu.com/home/index.htm
>
> It's apparently a Flash-based PC that's sort of a semi-thin client.... all
> the apps are local, and there is local storage, but it is backed up across
> the net "continuously" on a subscription-based service... 
>
> >From what I can tell, it runs Gentoo (?!?!!) (/me wonders if they're
> pre-building packages?) and *should* be eminently hackable... the problem I
> have with buying it straight off the shelf is that I don't care for my data
> being somewhere I don't trust... and a startup, one that doesn't even have
> an Investors page yet, is the ultimate target to be leaned on for data by
> anybody with enough lawyers, one really good one being sufficient.  But the
> device?  Intrigues me.  
>
> (Still want a grownup model of the OLPC.  But this would be close, certainly
> a desktop replacement.)
>
> Comments encouraged... this is intriguing enough that I want to know what
> y'all think.  
>
> -- Glenn
>
>   


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Eric Kahklen
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