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>9.1. Using Consumer Electronics Devices</H1
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> Linux is increasingly used in Consumer Electronics (CE) devices,
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in particular in network appliances such as Wifi routers, DSL modems,
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Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers, IP cameras and other small devices.
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> Thanks to the GNU GPL license, kernel and application source code for these devices
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are freely available. More and more device owners are taking advantage of this
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to develop other uses for these devices. Thanks to the progress of Linux in
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embedded systems, making its own embedded system is increasingly easy.
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> Using such devices instead of regular PCs yields many advantages:
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much lower power consumption, no noise (no fans), built with much
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fewer materials (small size), and much lower cost (for your purse
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>NSLU2-Linux</A
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- A community of people running Linux on the
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Linksys NSLU2 device. This device is originally a Network
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Attached Storage server, featuring a 266 MHz ARM CPU, 8MB of flash, 32MB of SDRAM
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and a rich connectivity: Connectivity: USB (for attached storage), Ethernet and a serial port.
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That's all you need in a versatile Linux computer.
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Many different <A
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> cool applications</A
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> The NSLU2 device is still available in the shops on all continents,
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for a very cheap price: approximately 90 € or 90 US Dollars.
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This makes this device extremely popular!
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- A project to run Linux on WiFi routers based
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on the Linksys WRT chipset. A typical configuration
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includes a 125 to 200 MHz ARM CPU, 4 MB of flash, 16 MB of RAM,
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and Ethernet, WiFi, serial port (often) and a USB host port
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(often).
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> Devices based on the Linksys WRT chipset
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are available for sale on all continents,
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costing between 50 and 100 € / US Dollars.
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They are very popular too!
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> In a nutshell, do not buy a new PC for small applications.
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Reuse your old computers or buy a consumer device on which you can run Linux!
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