Linux Server-in-a-Plug is here…..only $100
Marvell Semiconductors is now shipping their SheevaPlug linux machines. Little tiny Linux boxes the size of a plugin adapter. The SheevaPlug draws about 5 Watts of power, comes with Linux, and boasts completely open hardware and software designs. At $100 the platform is available in single quantities, and is priced within reach of students, hobbyists, and tinkerers. This looks like the perfect embeded platform for all sorts of stuff. Think home automation, security monitoring, ultra low powered file servers, ad-hoc mini clusters, not to mention robots and such .....there is no end to it.Its hardware design is completely open -- everything from schematics to Gerber files will be available on a marvell's website -- and ARM ports of several popular Linux distributions are already running, and included. More importantly, Marvell…