Group: Hardware/Computers/Single Board Computers/Plug Computers

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Revision as of 14:50, 27 July 2013

Plug Computers are computers that fit in a small form-factor and are power-efficient. Most of the time, Plug Computers use a System-on-a-Chip (SoC) with an ARM processor, run a GNU/Linux system and are used as domestic servers.

Software freedom comparaison

While some Plug Computers can be used with fully free software running on the main processor, not all of them are perfect. Hence, here is a comparaison of different models of Plug Computers and their flaws regarding software freedom.

Name Manufacturer Bootloader Kernel WiFi Bluetooth Graphics
SheevaPlug Globalscale U-Boot Linux N/A N/A N/A
DreamPlug Globalscale U-Boot Linux Non-free loaded firmware Non-free loaded firmware N/A

Hardware features comparaison

Name Manufacturer SoC CPU frequency RAM Internal storage External storage USB PCI Ethernet WiFi Bluetooth
SheevaPlug Globalscale Kirkwood 88F6281 1.2 Ghz 512 Mb 512 Mb SD card slot 1xUSB2 N/A 1x10/100/1000 N/A N/A
DreamPlug Globalscale Kirkwood 88F6281 1.2 Ghz 512 Mb 4 Gb (µSD card) e-SATA 2xUSB2 N/A 1x10/100/1000 Yes Yes

Software features comparaison

Name Manufacturer Architecture Bootloader Kernel GNU/Linux
SheevaPlug Globalscale ARMv5/armel Upstream U-Boot Upstream Linux Upstream Debian
Dreamplug Globalscale ARMv5/armel Upstream U-Boot Upstream Linux Upstream Debian