NsluTwo

The NSLU2 is a small, embedded Linux device from Linksys, featuring 2 USB 2.0 ports. I’ve been wanting one for awhile, and $20 off at Staples gave me an excuse to finally buy one. The fun part is to see about installing a Linux distro on this puppy and see what kinds of interesting things we can do with it.

• Wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2
• Unslung http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Unslung/HomePage
• OpenSlug http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/OpenSlug/HomePage
• in case of bad flash http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/RecoverFromABadFlash
• Debian on NSLU2 http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/
• firmware comparison http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/FAQ/FirmwareMatrix

I’m still not 100% sure what I am going to do with this yet. I have also ordered a Pertelian LCD display to hook up to this thing.

• https://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/7e3e/
• https://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/front/gameoptics_x2040.jpg

More nitty gritty about particular distro options:

• http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nslu2-general/message/6178
• http://www.openembedded.org/
• http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Optware/Packages?from=Unslung.Packages

Ideas:

• wiki / kbase in a box
• IDS probe
• storage server (novel idea, no?)
• RAID1 with 2 disks?
• Asterix VOIP PBX
• http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Info/WhatPeopleAreReallyUsingTheirSlugsFor