tlug: Cobalt Qube

["Daniel Minoru Saito" <daniel@example.com>]

The Cobalt Qube is quite an interesting turnkey solution.  It is best
recommended for small offices to large scale ISP. (So it says)  Well lets
say Mr. Joe Potato wants to install OCN at their home or office.  Well Mr.
Joe Potato doesn't know how to setup a BSD/Linux and or a WinNT box.  All
Mr. Joe Potato has to do is place in all the infomation (IP information and
other network crap given by their provider) either locally and or remotely
(via bootp).  Then just plug it into the wall and ethernet connection. Volia
out from the box on the net in 15 minutes.  Covers everything from FTP, DNS
to HTTP server.  Yes, the OS is a Linux 2.0 based O.S. developed around the
Qube's functionality.  I do find one problem in this product that its not
redundant proof.  But of course then again you could develop appz for it and
make it that way.  But overall its the DUMMIES solution for a internet
server.  Its not bad for the time spent setting it up and the price.  Highly
regarded, I would give it thumbs up.  But then again I have to it through my
security testing..  Then I would be able to grade it better.

Dan.

-----Original Message-----
From: Felix Morley Finch <felix@example.com>
Subject: Re: tlug: Another commercial Linux machine


>> At our sort-of weekly engineering division meeting today, Linux actually
>> cropped up.  We'd gotten some pamphlets advertising a Linux-based server
>> called the Cobalt Qube.  It's a 20 cm cube (2.8 Kg) that comes with Linux
>> (I don't know what distribution, or if they make their own).  Standard
>> memory is 16, with a 2 GB hard disk (Ultra-ATA) and 10 base-T Ethernet.
>> It says it has a 150 MHz RISC CPU, but doesn't say what kind.  Storage is
>> expandable to 6 GB, and it can go to 64 meg of memory.


>Check the http://slashdot.org archives for more news on it.  I think
>it's an SGI (MIPS ?) CPU.  As I understand it, its main claim to fame
>is ease of use: one LCD display, one power LED, one power cord, and
>one Ethernet connection.  Configured over an internal web site or via
>the LCD display.
>
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