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Bifferboard – Linux in 3 Inches

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Ben Lamb

The Bifferboard is a 486 processor running at 150Mhz, one or two USB ports depending on model, 24Mb RAM and a paltry 8Mb of flash storage. This is easily fixed with a £2 USB hub and a £7 2Gb memory … Continue reading →

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My Sheevaplug Plug Died

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Ben Lamb

I’m a big fan of the Sheevaplug, an all in one Linux device about the size of a power adaptor. One of the nice things about it is that it plugs directly into the mains. Unfortunately one of mine died … Continue reading →

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Moving Servers

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Ben Lamb

After ten years of physical boxes in Telehouse I’m moving to a virtual Linux instance hosted on Debian. It’s an opportunity to review the software I’m running. Out goes Apache2 in favour of Lighttpd. SquirrelMail, you served me well but … Continue reading →

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