Hardware: GuruPlug: coming soon, thanks to you

Thanks to donations, the GuruPlug Server - PLUS has just been pre-ordered and is expected to be shipped at the beginning of April.

To The Benefactors

Thank you.

Because of your generosity and good will, everyone will now will have the benefit of having a prepackaged solution when the time comes.

Every dollar donated on hardware I can tinker with transforms in innumerable hours saved by everyone that is planning to use it, for the path had been already paved and you don't have to make mistakes I did. In addition, it is difficult to underestimate the value of confidence that you get when you see your hardware on the supported list.

Meanwhile

DZ is still accepting donations - there are expensive devices on the horizon many users expressed interest in, in particular, wireless sensors and stepper motors and controllers.

Hardware: GuruPlug

Why, oh why I didn't wait two months and bought the SheevaPlug?

Oh well, can't wait forever.

Ballpark: it seems to me that this box fixes multiple problems that SheevaPlug had (hope they fixed the dreaded hald(8) segfault), and the increase in price is roughly equal to a price of a standalone USB wireless card, even without a USB hub, which makes buying Sheevaplug a waste of money.

However, not all is in vain - there's been a lot of work done on DZ code base in order to make it fit into 512MB RAM, and SheevaPlug is a good playground for GuruPlug.

Meanwhile, DZ is accepting donations - I simply cannot afford to purchase all the hardware it can be run on in order to check compatibility and make it work seamlessly. Direct hardware donations are even more appreciated.

UPDATE: pre-oredered, thanks to user donations.

(via Hack A Day)