Anyone want a Cubox?

Dave Germiquet davegermiquet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Mon Mar 4 17:54:05 UTC 2013


How much are you selling it for?
On Mar 4, 2013 12:39 PM, "Mike" <el.fontanero-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Thomas Milne
> <thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > The instructions for using the Cubox installer are written by retards,
> and I
> > no longer have any interest in running in circles trying to accomplish
> > something that probably isn't even worthwhile, or that I could probably
> find
> > in a finished product for about $50.
> >
>
> No need to flame out, dude. The instructions are written for
> developers. It's a development system. If you want a black box with
> "features" you should go to a big box store. No disrespect intended -
> it's just a different audience / market.
>
> The instructions are on the wiki. They're not the easiest to parse if
> you don't have the background. And even if you do, such bleeding-edge
> devices are often <cough> not quite completely documented.
>
> > Whatever you want to pay, I'll take the highest offer for this piece of
> > shit. I'm buying a Mac. I'm done with this hacker bullshit.
>
> Don't lose heart. Recognize that the "hacker" mindset is one that
> considers exactly such an incompletely documented, slightly
> mysterious, little gizmo to be exactly the kind of puzzle that they
> are willing to spend hours and hours trying to figure out.
>
> If you're not such a person, so what? There's no need to get upset.
>
> The cubox is a nifty little gizmo, and I'm effectively running one as
> a server box. Debian runs on it. If you care, puzzle over the wiki for
> a bit, especially the bits about the boot loader and provisioning an
> OS on the SD card.
>
> Cheers,
> The Pluimber
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