I’d been intrigued by the Linksys NSLU2 (and the associated NSLU2-Linux project) a while back. [see linkblog] When some $30 refurb units came up on Slickdeals yesterday I couldn’t say no. I should have one in a couple of days. Any advise as to which firmware to run on it would be helpful. I plan on trying out the different MP3 server packages on it, as well as doing general CIFS serving and some Python hacking. I’m leaning towards SlugOS/BE.
Update (3/31): I spoke too soon. CompUSA (I mean TigerDirect) first put a hold on my order to confirm my PayPal credit, then they put it on backorder, now they’ve cancelled it. And I had to keep going to their website to find out the status; they didn’t have the balls to email me to let me know. Guess I didn’t get in on the Slickdeal or run in the hamster wheel quickly enough. After this disappointment I can’t recommend doing business with CompUSA.com or TigerDirect when there are awesome mail-order places like NewEgg.
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March 22, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Ken Pemberton
uNSLUng is by far the easiest to get go, but something like DebianSlug would give you more flexibility. Mine runs mt-daapd, serving up my music collection to everything on the network.
There’s just enough grunt to run WordPress on it if you fancy that, although the admin pages are a little cumbersome and you’ll need to enable the cache.
Enjoy! And don’t forget to join in with the NSLU2-Linux community and share the fun.
March 22, 2008 at 7:59 pm
aharden
Thanks, Ken. Yeah, I’d run across the community over a year ago and have been intrigued since. Looking forward to playing around with the Slug.