[TriLUG] yet another theoretical question

[Kevin Flanagan]

Greg,

    I have a Compaq Armada M300, It's much smaller than a comparable
Thinkpads.  I saw them on line for comparable prices.

   The benefit of the M300 is that the CD and Floppy detach in a "media
bay"so you can leave them at home.

Good luck,


    Kevin


On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 22:21 -0500, Greg Brown wrote:

> The topic this time: small laptops.  Very small.  Tiny.
> 
> My latest project has me traveling all over the great beyond doing 
> large network migrations and I have to travel with a company standard 
> image laptop.  The word on the street is it is very unwise, and may be 
> a career limited move, to load non-standard software.
> 
> Okay, so there it is.  No problem.
> 
> Only I need Linux and my standard network migration toolsets of the 
> following: nmap, mysql, php, perl, ssh, telnet (darn those old 
> routers), and a few other tools, but not many.
> 
> I am looking for a small, make that microscopic, laptop which has the 
> above tools plus a SSH server as well lightweight PHPable web server.  
> The laptop doesn't need to be fast, just small.  As small as possible.  
> I'd like to plug it into the network and have the web and SSH servers 
> come online.  Then I can ssh in and do my dirty work.
> 
> The Sharp SL-C700 (http://www.dynamism.com/zaurus/) is the right size, 
> but I'm not sure it can do what I want.
> 
> Luggers, what are your thoughts?
> 
> ..... back to a West Coast conference call with some weird-ass island 
> in the middle of the Pacific... love the follow the sun work! :)
> 
> Greg
> 

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Kevin Flanagan <kevin at flanagannc.net>