Comments on: Marvell SheevaPlug – Tiny Linux Power Plug PC

By: ryosaeba

ryosaeba — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:02:25 +0000

this thing sold like hotcakes, I have to wait 2 full months before they ship my order.

By: Whaaaa

Whaaaa — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:46:56 +0000

~5 watts. Personal use server. <$100.
Sounds unbeatable, especially if they can lower the cost to $50.
Perfect for home or very small business server use! I want one.

By: Grump

Grump — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:43:07 +0000

I’ll take a Fit-PC2 over this any day. Far superior.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:07:52 +0000

look at this on youtube.yes it will operate as full pc!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:02:52 +0000

Thanks for the info!

By: dex

dex — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:03:01 +0000

you could use a usb->vga “adapter”. It can run windows CE . Non-tech savy people, don’t bother.

By: jose

jose — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:28:50 +0000

Jay, I think you are missing the point.

I only have a laptop at home. That laptop has a small hard drive and is off when I am not using it. I also have a couple terabytes of media but don’t want to deal with a huge server and an air conditioned room. This provides what I need cheaply and is easy to use/manage.

By: jay

jay — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:28:31 +0000

so u need to buy a computer in order to use another os environment. why not simply buy another comp with the desired os environment (it will cost the same if it is no frills).

this device would suit someone kidding themselves they have something useful or someone living in a telephone box who already has a comp and no room fr another.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:52:51 +0000

can i connect a wifi card? and can i make it a webserver?

By: robb

robb — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:04:36 +0000

lol above post: run crisis or maybe install windows.
who are they aiming this product for ?

By: kingpin

kingpin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:07:14 +0000

you connect to it by ethernet network from another pc to use the interface

By: STUPQUEST

STUPQUEST — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:58:31 +0000

Richard wrote on Feb 25th that a “monitor is not needed – you access it via web browser” but…. where the heck does the web browser shows up? in thin air? or in a monitor?

By: alg0

alg0 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:05:43 +0000

The model comes only with US power adapter ? Is there any model with EU power plug ?

By: Wonderer

Wonderer — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:16:04 +0000

That thing is amazing. I bet if you flattened it out and put some sort of screen on it with some sort of user input interface, whether touch screen or buttons, and put some music or videos on it, people might buy it. It could be marketed as some sort of portable media player, except not as usable while portabowling.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:25:35 +0000

thing is faster than the computer im on now.

By: redrum

redrum — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:32:04 +0000

This runs on the ARM archetecture, not X86, so the only way one could do it is through qemu’s testing branch. and then connect to it using another PC with VNC installed.. An utterly pointless experiment, but potentially feasable.

Personally, ‘m waiting for the Doom3 source to get released so I can make a Plug-In Doom3 Server. A quake3 server on ARM-based Linux is likely already possible.

By: Munana Chawaki

Munana Chawaki — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:41:08 +0000

You could use this as a desktop PC:

You need a few things to make it work:
USB 2.0 hub
a linux-compatible USB graphics adapter
A USB keyboard and mouse
USB sound card if sound is desired
Then it could function as a PC.

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By: makin'it

makin'it — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:15:00 +0000

The software is Linux based and open source. it supports multiple Linux flavors and yes you can install open source java for java applications. pretty powerful device……go here http://www.marvell.com

By: SnowSakura

SnowSakura — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:26:00 +0000

Nice questions -.-

# Pigsflew Says:
February 25th, 2009 at 4:38 pm

The title uses the term “PC”, which is pretty misleading. This is a linux embedded device, suitable for maybe a printserver or a NAS device (with an external harddrive) or something, not a full desktop personal computer.

Its not exactly a full computer by it self..
And i doubt it will be able to run any java stuff..Lol

Go try some netbooks ..a much a better choice if you were looking for something small

By: Kent

Kent — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:10:08 +0000

Can I play RuneScape on this?

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:51:58 +0000

lol@james

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:55:23 +0000

“Can I load Windows on it?”

Yeah, 3.1.

By: Iceman

Iceman — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:49:49 +0000

Will this tinypc, able to use a standard linux distro? (like debian or Arch?)
I would like to use as my webserver/email server…

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:41:45 +0000

It needs a data-over-powerline interface for home automation, perhaps in an external module plugged into the Ethernet port.

By: Honest joe

Honest joe — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:37:38 +0000

Imagine someone did put windows on. It would be sort of funny a neat minimal design and then windows lol

By: Me, Myself nor I

Me, Myself nor I — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:34:20 +0000

To James: Ever heard of sarcasm? O and btw Crysis i think will run pretty smooth on it, as long as you can emulate a tiny windows environment and a graphics card. I think it’ll run with around 0,1 fps on lowest quality, but it will at least run faster than on a pentium II pc.

By: James

James — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:44:52 +0000

To Rich, Tim, and Crysis,
you are all trolls
if not then you are idiots

By: MD

MD — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:58:04 +0000

Yes, it will run Crysis.

By: crysis

crysis — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:43:56 +0000

yes, but will it run crysis?

By: Pigsflew

Pigsflew — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:38:31 +0000

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:32:02 +0000

Tim, you don’t need a monitor for this. It is accessed by using a web browser.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:18:11 +0000

So where do I plug in my monitor?

By: Fatgadget

Fatgadget — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:55:16 +0000

Hi Rich

According to the manufacturer, Windows wont work on it.

By: Richpickings

Richpickings — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:51:58 +0000

Can I load Windows on it?