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COMPUTER INFO

Currently, Dare has multiple computers of varying ages and abilities to work with, all joined to a LAN (just to be different!):

Frodo1 = Homebuilt Intel Atom 1600Mhz Desktop PC
Frodo2 = Gateway SX2800 2330Mhz Desktop PC
Frodo3 = Nokia 330Mhz N800 Internet Tablet
Frodo4 = Asus Intel Atom 1600Mhz Netbook PC (New!)
Frodo5 = Fujitsu Transmeta 933Mhz Laptop PC (offline)
Frodo6 = Shuttle AMD 1800Mhz Desktop SSF PC (offline)
Frodo7 = Dell Celeron 2600Mhz Laptop PC (offline)
Frodo8 = HP Intel Atom 1600Mhz Netbook PC
Frodo10 = Linksys 133Mhz NSLU2 NAS Device
Frodo11 = Linksys 133Mhz NSLU2 NAS Device
Frodo12 = Cloud Engines Pogoplug 1200Mhz NAS Device

The current best computer operating system is Linux, of course. The distribution that I currently favor and use is Linux Mint (based on Ubuntu), and now most of my machines are using Linux Mint Debian specifically (which is based directly on Debian itself), which is currently at the top of the 'popularity' list among Linux distributions. For many years, I also used Redhat, and then Fedora linux. Check here for some useful linux software links.

Want to know why you don't need to use Microsoft Windows on your PC if you don't want to? Check here for a good brief explanation.
Want some good reasons to start using Linux instead of Microsoft Windows? Check here.
Want some advise on which of the Linux distributions might best fit your needs? Check this page, and here, and here as well.

In addition to these computers, Dare also runs a Netgear N300 Wireless Gigabit Router model WNR3500L (previously I used two Linksys WRT54GL wireless routers with replacement Tomato (HyperWRT-based Linux) firmware).

NAME	Frodo1	Frodo2	Frodo3	Frodo4	Frodo5	Frodo6	Frodo7	Frodo8	Frodo10	Frodo11	Frodo12
PRIMARY USE	DVR	Primary desktop workhorse	Quick Checks & Pocket Apps	Portable computing (replacement for Frodo5)	ARM cross-compiling (offline/retired)	Primary desktop workhorse &email (offline/retired)	Mom's Surf & Email (offline/retired)	Mom's Surf & Email	Remote Low Power Webcam	Remote Low Power Webcam	Remote Low Power Web Server & Weather Station
ASSEMBLY/PURCHASE DATE	2008/12/01	2009/12/10	2007/04/19	2010/09/18	2002/12	2003/05/30	2004/12/??	2009/07/04	2007/03	2007/??	2011/04/04
MANUFACTURER	Darren Enns!	Gateway (SX2800)	Nokia (N800 Internet Tablet)	Asus (MK90H)	Fujitsu (Lifebook P2120)	Shuttle X (SN41G2)	Dell (Inspiron 1150)	HP (1035NR)	Linksys (NSLU2)	Linksys (NSLU2)	Cloud Engines Pogoplug
PROCESSOR	Intel Atom N330	Intel Core2 Quad Q8200	Texas Instruments OMAP2420	Intel Atom N270	Transmeta 933 TM5800	AMD Athlon 2500+	Intel Celeron	Intel Atom N270	ARM-compatible Intel XScale IXP420	ARM-compatible Intel XScale IXP420	ARM926EJ-S rev 1 (v5l)
SPEED (MHZ/BOGOMIPS/GEEKBENCH/UNIXBENCH)	1800/3191.49/1259/319.2 & 582.9	2330/18621.48/4290/916.5 & 2209.0	330/160.68	2600/6416.96/993/159.2 & 214.8	933/1841.56/355/134.5	1800/3643.80/1441	2600/5195.60/1046/316.2	1600/3192.23/966/203.7 & 313.6	133/132.71	133/132.71/9.6	1200/1192.75/156.3
MEMORY (MB)	2024	4096	128	1024	384 (256+128)	1024 (512+512)	512	2048 (1024+1024)	40 (32+8)	40 (32+8)	256
STORAGE (GB)	931 (1000)	596 (640)	7.5+7.5 (8+8)	156 (160)	55 (60)	111 (120)	37 (40)	55 (60)		4	0.512+8+500
POWER CONSUMPTION	55W / 0.47A	49W / 0.42A		13W / 0.11A	14W / 0.13A	91W / 0.80A	30W / 0.27A	13W / 0.12A	4W	4W	4W
LINUX /WINDOWS VERSION	Mint Debian Linux (3.0.0-1-686-pae) + Fedora 10 (2.6.27.9-159) + Windows XP Home	Mint Linux Debian 201204 (3.2.0-2-686-pae) + Mint Linux Debian 201101 (3.0.0-1-686-pae) + Windows 7 Home Pro	Maemo Diablo Debian derivative (2.6.21-omap1 5.2008.43-7)	Mint Linux Debian 201204 (3.2.0-2-486) + Mint Linux Debian 201101 (3.0.0-1-686) + Windows XP Home	Mint Linux Debian 201204 (3.2.0-2-486) + Xubuntu 7.10 (2.6.22-14) + Windows XP Pro	Mint Linux Debian (2.6.32-5-686) + Fedora 10 (2.6.27.5-117) + Windows XP Home	Mint Linux Debian 201204 (3.2.0-2-486) + Mint Linux Debian 201101 (3.0.0-1-686) + Windows XP Pro	Mint Linux 10 Julia (2.6.35-22-generic) + Mint Linux 7 Gloria (2.6.28-11) + Windows XP Home	OpenWRT Kamikaze 7.09 (2.6.24.2)	Debian Linux 6 (2.6.32-5-ixp4xx)	Debian Linux 6 (2.6.32-5-kirkwood)
BIOS	Intel 07/31/2008	AMI P01-A0	???	AMI BIOS r 0901 (10/09/09)	Phoenix BIOS 1.03	Phoenix BIOS 6.00	Phoenix BIOS A02	???	OpenWRT Kamikaze (reflash from original)	???	???
MOTHERBOARD	Intel D945GCLF2	WG43M	???	???	FJNB165	Shuttle FN41	0F3553	361A	?	?	?
VIDEO	Intel 82945G	Intel X4500HD	???	Intel 945GM	ATI Radeon M6 (8MB)	NVidia Geforce4 MX	Intel 82852GM	Intel 945GM	n/a	n/a	n/a
WEBCAM	Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 (050d:0990)	Microsoft Lifecam Cinema HD (045e:075d)		Chicony Electronics Co. (04f2:b036) uvcvideo				Webcam-101 (10f1:1a08) uvcvideo	Logitech Quickcam Fusion (046d:08c1) uvcvideo	Microsoft Corp. LifeCam HD-5000 (045e:076d) uvcvideo	Nikon Corp. Coolpix 4300 Digital Camera (04b0:010e)
MOUSE	C2 Tech M030	Gateway MODTUO + Logitech NX80			Quickpoint + Starlogic Platinum Optical USB Notebook Mouse WSS63	Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0
SOUND	???	Integrated			SigmaTel STAC9756/57	Realtek AKC 650	Sigmatel 9750
CDROM	Samsung SH-S223Q DVD+RW 22x8x16	LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH40F			Toshiba SD-R2212 ATAPI 24X	Pioneer DVR-RW DVR-107D	QSI CDRW/DVD SBW242U
CDR/W	Samsung SH-S223Q DVD+RW 22x8x16	LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH40F			Toshiba SD-R2212 ATAPI 16X	Pioneer DVR-RW DVR-107D	QSI CDRW/DVD SBW242U
DVD	Samsung SH-S223Q DVD+RW 22x8x16	LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH40F			Toshiba SD-R2212 ATAPI 8X	Pioneer DVR-RW DVR-107D	QSI CDRW/DVD SBW242U
DRIVES	Western Digital Caviar GP WD10EACS SATA 1TB	Western Digital WD20EARX-00PASB0 2TB + Hitachi HDT72106 640GB		Hitachi HTS54501 160gb	Hitachi HTS726060M9AT00 (7K60) 60GB +Toshiba MK4018GAP 40008MB	Seagate ST3120024A 120034 MB	Fujitsu MHT2040A 40GB	Toshiba MK6028GA 60GB		Kingston Technology Company Inc. DataTraveler 2.0 4GB Flash Drive (13fe:1d00)	Patriot X-Porter Mini Flash Drive (13fe:3200) + Western Digital Elements SE 500GB Portable USB 2.0 Hard Drive (1058:1010)
ETHERNET	Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller + Belkin Components F5D8053 N Wireless USB Adapter v1000/v4000 [Ralink RT2870] (050d:8053)	Intel Corporation 82567V-2 Gigabit Network Connection		Atheros Communications AR8132 Fast Ethernet + Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)	Realtek RTL8139C(L) + Intersil Corporation Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset (rev 01)	Realtek 8201BL 10/100BT	Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller + Broadcom Corporation BCM4312			Belkin Components F5D7050 Wireless G Adapter v4000 [Zydas ZD1211B] (050d:705c)
MODEM	???				???	USR Sportster 56K Voice Faxmodem
MONITOR	Lilliput 619GL-70NP/C/T					Samsung SyncMaster 193s
OTHER						Epson Perfection 1250 USB Scanner
TV CARD	Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350 (Model 24019) (2040:2400)					Hauppauge 404 Win/TV

DYNAMIC DNS INFO

MTS supplies my DSL-based internet connection with a dynamically-assigned IP address. In order to present a consistent and easy-to-remember named address for my webserver, I utilize the free services of the following dynamic DNS providers:

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