Comments on: The cheapest possible DragonFly

By: matthiasr

matthiasr — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:21:35 +0000

I’ve been running DragonFly on a Zotac Zbox (don’t know which model, but it’s a dual-core 64bit-capable Atom CPU). Just works…

By: Michael Neumann

Michael Neumann — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:31:06 +0000

HP ProLiant MicroServer G7 N54L is quite cheap (180 EUR), while of very high build-quality. It’s a very good NAS platform btw.

By: Justin Sherrill

Justin Sherrill — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 19:48:22 +0000

Thinking about it, older thinkpads would be a good option. Laptops tend to have slightly funky hardware, but the thinkpad series was better than most in being compatible.

The Lenovo Outlet is cheaper than full price, but still in the hundreds-of-dollars range. There was a place in the midwest U.S that sold corporate laptop castoffs that had really good deals (Retrobox), but they seem to have ceased to exist. This may be a craigslist/ebay answer.

By: Justin Sherrill

Justin Sherrill — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 19:44:54 +0000

The Galileo board is interesting. The additional hardware I/O isn’t needed in this use case, so there may be a cheaper option… though it’s hard to beat that price.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 19:41:27 +0000

I’m a novice in *.nixes but have always been intrigued with Dragonfly. So I’m interested in this question as well as learning more about installing, using Dragonfly. Thanks.

By: Niklas

Niklas — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 19:39:28 +0000

What about the Intel Galileo board? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GGM6KJQ/ref=amb_link_391457722_3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=auto-sparkle&pf_rd_r=0YETJYR48ZGF8VHYN4E5&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=1665886302&pf_rd_i=intel%20galileo