Yeah, my intent was to put debian or something on it.

Are they decently fast? They have a nice form factor and are pretty
cheap. I can include it in my stereo component rack.


Benjamin E. Neigebauer
Software Engineer
Compellent Technologies
Eden Prairie, MN 55344


-----Original Message-----
From: Austad, Jay [mailto:JAustad at temgweb.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 1:31 PM
To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org'
Subject: RE: [TCLUG] Cobalt Raq

I see a ton of security issues come through mailing lists on security
problems with the Cobalt distro.  I'd install something else on it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Trutwin [mailto:josh at trutwins.homeip.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 12:55 PM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Cobalt Raq
> 
> 
> On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 12:25:47 -0500
> "Neigebauer, Ben" <ben.neigebauer at compellent.com> wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone had any experience with a Cobalt Raq?
> 
> Yeah, 
> 
> Do you want to install a different OS on it? 
> 
> I have a Raq4 that is my backup server.  I cannot stand 
> Cobalt's Linux distro so I put Debian on it.  It's pretty 
> painful, but it can be done.  I think you can put Slack or 
> Redhat on it too.  It's headless (no video, mouse, keyboard), 
> so you have to install with a serial cable.  If you decide to 
> get it and want to put some other version of linux on it, let 
> me know and I can send you some helpful URL's.
> 
> Josh
> 
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