From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 187CB138330 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:44:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A60DBE0C0F; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:44:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-f48.google.com (mail-pa0-f48.google.com [209.85.220.48]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DB1EE0BAA for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:44:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f48.google.com with SMTP id qn10so28817230pac.2 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:44:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1NUYpAgEApp+fldyFa7xTmTOQMKlpBQGRME6XUE+9m0=; b=rOBp86Yu+2dYmFvE12fTR+/ngTjgw3n9FlT9LI5n0nn2q+FWuPrkvb6oiKtMZPQrWX AcpvsjxEWhScQBrCIalcWL0ooGmLXYeD0SP1xXkK3C5Ebny7jG1vHKuWGsTYTm5Y8fge ZPTHLUtjcO2G67GXUg/hOFjB3oHq+qiX1R27U3DO7xCagasq1JZYL9CZNu542gQ0n0K0 5xz/XuFEdaQhcVLoxR6h67JzErJNDosV6Sggp8sNo7mhJr/7xRtPh6G9WkAm1ICJ+e3p SO2lCpeNktSGYLiB12c+9D9gMSzw6JASHWGHm8FMI0tGUKUZu9XbFxoXubV5l5s9dfaG qtIQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1NUYpAgEApp+fldyFa7xTmTOQMKlpBQGRME6XUE+9m0=; b=DGAKb14MgJGhZ+/7rxbp81Z+svjKbdAyJ3Oaul5blJS5XDkus9vUJidsf3/bbUuIsE Txi8m1HInzwpFEpBNHmPAdLO2iIrgrnUc3tSz5ijAAJ3jrzQRhwQlcvmCZYwdDvKEuO3 fZkRKz4jcZoorAi39oOU5hInaU42aV2wsS/E771x502EUFD36okC0Uumpac2NcyX7avc MpKDoUbefpJ/E9XL4cOGHD7fv4r+MIiq2TqoUaDRUlgzk0YGPZEOcP7JE7ymZpDSNOpl tT4NSbFiHepFIfQF5f+ooxuCLVlDxLqfu6P8AwrvCzGHXkO8CgQGCyb063yYe/GjT9/3 fp9Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AA6/9RlL+uTzsdaOxGXSP3fnlK+YajJE3WWGsL7ODAhuc8MD4arjfjrkKPruKD7ZkT6Kvw== X-Received: by 10.66.88.231 with SMTP id bj7mr1901898pab.91.1476283488986; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:44:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.247.60] (76-10-184-4.dsl.teksavvy.com. [76.10.184.4]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id h130sm12370577pfe.35.2016.10.12.07.44.47 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:44:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Small computing recommendations? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <96c43a3e-82b0-dfa7-96f1-b6d545450c8a@gentoo.org> <82effdb1-c133-410a-6bb1-e89d851f9b15@danielquinn.org> From: Daniel Frey Message-ID: Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:44:47 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.3.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <82effdb1-c133-410a-6bb1-e89d851f9b15@danielquinn.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5191a639-db3e-4778-98a6-04b4f990eacc X-Archives-Hash: e66aa0ab48a93fb97f47fff653c39f96 On 10/12/2016 05:38 AM, Daniel Quinn wrote: > A while back I looked into a similar setup and was frustrated with the > hacker-esque nature of these tiny machines. They typically don't come > with a case, sometimes not even with power, and getting a working Gentoo > setup was likely going to be an effort I didn't want to spend. > > So I ended up buying an Intel NUC: basically a tiny main board with a > CPU in a small simple square case + ram (you pick) + a hard drive (SSD > or HDD, you pick). It has HDMI or VGA out, sound, a few USB ports and > on-board ethernet as well. Getting Gentoo up & running on it was > painless once I turned of UEFI (it makes my head hurt). Details on how > I did it all was here: http://danielquinn.org/blog/gentoo-on-the-intel-nuc/ > > It'll cost you more than a Pi or some of the others, but it's basically > a tiny, quiet, whole computer, so the hassle is probably greatly > diminished. > > I have two Intel NUCs and was able to install gentoo with UEFI with no issues, this was about two years ago. They're great little machines, and mine both have IR built in (I use them primarily as mythtv-frontends). Do be aware if you boot in non-UEFI modes on these machines you lose hardware acceleration for video, which is why I fiddled with it over a half day and got it working. Dan