Linux on a Vortex86 processor

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:27:03PM -0500, meng wrote:
> Has anyone any experience with any linux distro on a Vortex86 SoC-200MHz processor?
> 
> A friend has an eBox-2300, http://www.compactpc.com.tw/ebox-2300.htm
> I understand it is a x86 (but not totally) compatible processor.
> 
> The manufacturer, DMP Electronics, provides X-Linux:
> http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/os-xlinux/r54.htm
> 
> He is looking for a minimal distro but with a GUI.
> 
> Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Looks rather pathetic to be honest.  USB 1 ports?  What good are those?
200MHz x86 with 128MB ram?  That's ridiculous.  Unless it only costs $50,
it's pretty pointless.  Analog VGA wouldn't even work with most new TVs
(and no old ones).  HDMI would be what you want, given they seem to
think this would be a good device to connect to a TV.

This is a vastly better design:
http://compulab.co.il/fitpc2i/html/fitpc2i-datasheet.htm

As for what would run on a pathetic little box like that, well Debian
would (it still runs on my 486 with 48MB ram, although most things in
X are painful these days).  Certainly since it's CPU is rather outdated,
it needs an i386 or i486 distribution with FPU emulation enabled.
Debian still is i486 compatible so it should run.

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