Mini-ITX Computing For Everyone

An anonymous reader writes "So you have decided that you want an ITX system. Whether it's just to look cool or because you need to reclaim the desk space. Most people wouldn't know where to start when creating their system. Fear no more because XYZComputing.com has created a step by step process on how they created their system. Based on an MII10000 and using a USB Pen to load up Puppy Linux. No details are omitted so if you are new to Mini-ITX and do not have a clue what you need or where to start then this would certainly be a good place to start."

No details emitted

[Ohreally_factor]

It's a good thing, they might have had to notify the EPA.

No details are emitted?

[Sleet01]

How will we read about it then? What happened, did they fall within the event horizon created by the over-abundance of pr0n data on the net?

The Previous Comments

[llamaguy]

Off Topic, but I find it hilarious that the first 6 comments all focus on the 'No details are emitted' phrase. And I was going to make a snide reference to it as well, but I'd prefer to be modded 'Off Topic' rather than 'Redundant', since at least I have something (slightly) useful to say.

Re:Typo

[Anonymous Coward]

No details are emitted so if you are new to Mini-ITX and do not have a clue what you need or where to start then this would certainly be a good place to start.

I believe there's a typo in the summary. Obviously the submitter meant to say that it'd be a bad place for a beginner to start.

Re:Why not an Apple Mini?

[Ohreally_factor]

No, you're thinking of the article where no details were i-mitted.

Re:My first post ever

[Anonymous Coward]

" I finally registered after being an AC for years!"

We liked you better before ;)

Re:Easier process

[callipygian-showsyst]

If I got my kid a Mac Mini instead of some AMD box with an NVIDIA card, the kids in school would call him lame and beat him up! And he wouldn't be able to play any games.

Re:No details emitted

[Cerdic]

It's a good thing, they might have had to notify the EPA.
Wouldn't have been a problem - the current admin has upped the allowable amount of detail emissions.

Re:Easier process

[Anonymous Coward]

I've got news for you: if your kid hangs out with kids who ponder the differences between a Mac and an AMD Box, he's likely to get beat up anyhow!

Re:No details emitted

[hamisht]

Any emissions are indicated by a Light Omitting Diode

Re:No details emitted

[aichpvee]

That's the most rediculous thing I've ever heard! Why would /. want an editor that would actually read the submissions?!?!

Re:Easier process

[callipygian-showsyst]

give him more time to focus on important things instead of video games?

Absolutely! And one of the other reasons I prefer Windows is that there are some great development tools available. All your favorite GNU stuff, plus Microsoft Visual Studio .NET which is the best IDE I've ever seen/used. Even though I've been a Mac developer in the past, it's obvious to me that Microsoft cares more about third-party developers.

So for a platform to learn computer programming on, Windows with Visual Studio .NET 2005 is my first choice.

Re:No details emitted

[NanoGator]

"Any emissions are indicated by a Light Omitting Diode"

Anybody know what type of censors they're using?

Spellign on Slahsdot

[Fortress]

This is a little off-topic, but the first dozen or so replies (emitted?) to this story made me wonder about the poor spelling in many Slashdot articles. We all know spellcheckers have been around forever, and it would seem to be a trivial task to fix errors in accepted stories. So what's going on? I have two theories:

1. The editors are shielding themselves from liability by not changing submitted stories in any fashion whatsoever. Similar to the way that comments are never deleted or modified, only moderated down.

2. They're deliberate troll-food. Slashdot seems to have more than its fair share of grammar/spelling Nazis, and the occasional error is an easy way to throw them a bone. Trolls are happiest trolling, and they generate hits just like the rest of us. I think sometimes that dupe stories are the same thing.

P.S. Since I mentioned the spelling/grammar Nazis, I'm sure you (you know who you are) are looking at this psot very carefully. The question is, did I really make an error or am I just demonstrating #2 above?

Re:Budget Breakdown

[Halfbaked Plan]

Well, depending on how and where you look, the cardboard cutout computer they have on the flakewood computer desks at the office supply store might be more likely to get you laid.

Getting laid by a mac-loving woman just seems weird, a little like some trotskyite chick who sells newspapers on the mall.

Re:seems like a lot of work

[slazar]

Heh, no, we are going back in time and reverting to saturn V style rockets where the crew module sits on top and is basically a stage of the rocket itself. If a bigger payload needs to go up then we would see two different launches, one with crew and one with payload.

Re:My first post ever

[unitron]

" MyNameIsEarl (917015)

I finally registered after being an AC for years!"

Just think, if you'd only waited a little while longer you could have gotten that "one Millionth User" ID number.

Re:seems like a lot of work

[bigpat]

My server at home, which sits on a static IP address, is a mini-itx based machine.

Go ahead, post the link to your server on slashdot. I double dog dare ya.

Re:No details emitted

[morcheeba]

Extra large silicone censors, I think. There very sensitive, but prone to jitter.

Puppy Linux

[Anonymous Coward]

Love this bit from TFA:

Problems aside, checking you email and browsing the internet are as easy as they would be with any another operating system.

I know how that goes. Problems aside, checking my mail and browsing the web on my C64 is as easy as MacOS X or any other modern OS.