Has anyone elsed noticed that these sorts of publications seem to be linking to things randomly? I read this article, and there's no link to the company's website, no link to where I can get more details about it, no link to where I can buy it.<p>The only link in the article is titled "Korean hardware manufacturer called Hardkernel is launching", which you'd expect to be linking to something relevant, and that link goes to a PC World article about the Nexus 7 being hard to find. What the fuck?<p>I noticed that there are a few offenders like this, who seem to just be linking to other articles of theirs randomly in an attempt to bolster relevancy. They just make me not click any links at all.
At 90mm x 95mm, it fits nicely inside the 100mm x 100mm mounting specification for flat-panel monitors.<p>Pricing competes directly with mini-itx boards. Interesting that the neo-itx board from VIA (apc.io) is priced to compete with the RPi.<p>Add all the tablet incursions and you catch a glimpse of why desktop pc sales are flat.<p>Seems to benefit GNU/Linux, Ubuntu development as well.
Link to the manufacturer's site: <a href="http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.ph...</a><p>You can also add on Wi-Fi for $9, and other stuff too.
Its hard to decide whether to get this or a Raspberry Pi, talking to someone who has a Raspberry Pi, they have found that running even a graphical interface like lxde is slow and involves a lot of hacking.<p>Although I fully expected this, I wonder whether I've outgrown that sort of fooling around, and would rather play with something a little bigger like this, which packs a (slightly) bigger punch.<p>Not sure what I want from either device, other than something that could be <i>another</i> thing to play with.
I wonder if it's a sign of my impending decrepitude, but I can't think of a use for this that would tickle my hacker nerve. I applaud the existence even as I look at it and say "pass".