USB-Powered Linux Server Fits in Your Pocket

McSpew writes "A small company from Utah (no, not that one) has announced the BlackDog USB-powered Linux server. It includes a fingerprint reader, a 400MHz PowerPC, 64MB of DRAM and 256MB or 512MB of flash and it runs Debian. The host PC sees it as a CD-ROM drive."

yes but

[Anonymous Coward]

Will it run FreeBSD?

Is that a Linux server in your pocket...

[GillBates0]

Is that a BlackDog 400Mhz USB-powered Linux server with 64Mb DRAM and 512Mb of flash in your pocket or are you just really really really happy to see me...

Re:Surprising

[Black Cardinal]

but I doubt it has a use in the "real" world besides chick-magnet

No, I don't think it will work for that, either.

Re:But how hard is it to install??

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, it's Linux. So, according to Microsoft, installation of the Linux-related device will cause untold damage and destruction the likes of which has not been seen since the old testament. Plus, you might get a blue screen if you connect it to your Windows box. The blue screen has nothing to do with the device, you are using Windows after all, but Microsoft wanted you to be forewarned

Slashdot effect....now USB powered!

[Shoten]

"We're so proud of our new server design, we even use one to run the company website!"

"Uh...why's it smoking?"

Re:Possible Uses

[Anonymous Coward]

ok, fine.

But for my next invention I'm gonna put a flashing light on a phone so that when it rings deaf people will know to pick it up.
Now don't anyone go stealing my idea

Sincerely,
The guy that put braille signs on the drive up ATMs

Re:Pretty cheap - Should have a screen though

[kevcol]

Does it have have a screen?

Nope. The fingerprint reader has a Vulcan mind-meld feature. Works great, except your co-workers might think you have severe gas or something once you start groaning your shell input in a pained voice.

"cd dot dot forward-slash!"

Re:Slashdot effect....now USB powered!

[Anonymous Coward]

"Uh...why's it smoking?"

Fool! It's on a break!

Port Linux to it?

[fbg111]

Cool I'm getting one right away so I can be the first to port Linux to it! Oh, wait...

Re:Surprising

[sydres]

i don't know, I saw this hot redhead yesterday wearing a shirt that said "I love nerds". maybe their is a chance for us yet, on second thought naw.

Re:Correction to article

[iomanip]

And after it takes over the monitor, keyboard, mouse , and internet connection, its says:

      "All your resources are belong to us!"

Don't Let That Fool You!

[emcmanus]

They never mean it. It's equivalent to saying "I support the war, but don't want to fight in it." In case you think I'm lying, test out their "commitment" by engaging in a conversation about, for example, the importance of data typing in a weak static typed environment. Explain how it allows the compiler to catch errors! Then watch as she walks away... ... And don't ask how I know I'm right.

Re:Don't Let That Fool You!

[acb]

Which could mean that she's not a geek, or that she has a PhD in compiler design and resents being condescended at by someone who assumes they know more than she does (even with geeks, the nuances of interpersonal communication matter), or that she's a Lisp/Python hacker who thinks that static typing is irrelevant but doesn't feel like getting into an argument about it.

Besides which, the assumption that women who like geeks must be geeks on the same level is not necessarily true. Nor is it necessary; the ability to have post-coital conversations about kernel optimisations is somewhat overrated.

Re:Don't Let That Fool You!

[Jack_the_Tripper]

the ability to have post-coital conversations about kernel optimisations is somewhat overrated.
Hey...Don't knock it till you try it, Buster

Re:Beowulf cluster

[jellomizer]

Why don't you just say...
"Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these."
  and get it over.