Re: [cobalt-users] IROOT & IMANAGER

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tony wrote:

> The Cobalt
> GUI is the primary
> reason why one would buy/use a Cobalt product.

That may very well be true for you.  However, you suggest that that's
the primary reason.  Frankly, there are other reasons.  For example, the
low power usage.  The low profile.

> I don't understand why people
> are seeking out
> these other tools like WebMin, Iroot, Control Panels etc when Cobalt's GUI
> does all that these
> programs do and more.

People are seeking out other tools because the tools that come with the
RaQ don't fit their needs or their marketing model.  Or in some cases
have what appears to be bugs.

> If you're looking for an alternative to the Cobalt
> product or want to build
> a 1U web appliance from scratch PC components then perhaps this in not the
> best list to gather
> such information.

There are some people on <cobalt-developers> who have successfully
installed other versions of Linux on Cobalt RaQs.

While I agree that this is not for most users, and definitely not for
the faint of heart, it's certainly a possibility, should you like the
hardware but not the software.

The few other 1u solutions I've seen appear to be poorly engineered (at
best) when compared to Cobalt's RaQ3.

Jeff
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