Any thoughts on fanless PC from "Cappuccino PC" ?

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

John Fletcher wrote:

>
> Mini-itx.com has a bunch of ideas for diy or pre-built silent
> and near-silent PC's as well.  Might even get you back
> interested in a special geeky diy project!
>
> A bunch of folks on mini-itx.com run linux on their
> VIA PC's (the main processor for the mini-itx board,
> though you can get P4s and Celerons too), but I haven't
> yet heard of a FreeBSD install.  Maybe you could give
> some advice to the rest of us if you go that route - I've
> been quite curious to know if FreeBSD would run
> smoothly on those little PCs myself.  Performance
> isn't really an issue for me, to be honest.  Silence
> is far more important to me.
>
> John


FreeBSD runs real well on these chips as well.

I got a real kick out of this one, but it's obviously
aimed at "performance" rather than "silence":

http://members.verizon.net/~vze24qhw/mini_c~2.jpg
http://members.verizon.net/~vze24qhw/howto.html

Mr. Gardner says "it caused quite a stir" at the very
site (mini-itx.com) you mention when he posted
linkage there.

Probably it's as quiet as my 2U rackmount
Athlon (that I'm currently using as a desktop). :-D

Kevin Kinsey