I finally converted my Chromebox to Linux. I've wanted a small computer running Linux that I can take with me when I'm working away from home (like I'm doing now) And I wanted some decent processing horsepower, not a pi or any of the lessor systems. I looked over a number of computer systems, SBC's and etc. I gave alot of consideration to the mini-itx computers. But then I found out about how to convert the Chromebox to suit my purpose.
This is a wonderful little computer. It has a dual core Celeron processor, 4GB of ram, HDMI, display, ethernet (both wired and wireless) and copious USB ports. The instructions I used are here:
http://dak1n1.com/blog/20-asus-chromebox-fedora-20-install/
and here:
http://blog.rickk.com/tech/2015/01/using-a-chromebox-as-a-linux-server.html
Of course, things didn't go exactly to plan, but after a couple hours, I had a small, power stingy linux machine up and running. Time to find some free, open source video server software.
This is a wonderful little computer. It has a dual core Celeron processor, 4GB of ram, HDMI, display, ethernet (both wired and wireless) and copious USB ports. The instructions I used are here:
http://dak1n1.com/blog/20-asus-chromebox-fedora-20-install/
and here:
http://blog.rickk.com/tech/2015/01/using-a-chromebox-as-a-linux-server.html
Of course, things didn't go exactly to plan, but after a couple hours, I had a small, power stingy linux machine up and running. Time to find some free, open source video server software.