Computers for cross-platform development

[Michael Neumann]

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 04:59:07PM +0200, jasse Jansson wrote:
> 
> On 5/27/2019 10:03 AM, Michael Neumann wrote:
> > On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 11:44:38PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> > > I'm planning to get several small computers so that I can test my software on
> > > several OSes. One will compile binaries for Windows; the others will run
> > > OpenBSD, NetBSD, probably FreeBSD, and maybe DragonFly (I already have a
> > > DragonFly box, but it's slow compared to my laptop). I'm looking at these:
> > > https://www.newegg.com/Barebone-Mini-Computers/Category/ID-3
> > > How can I make sure that all the hardware works on all the BSDs?
> > If you want small boxes, take a look at LattePanda Alpha's from DFRobot.
> > The old LattePanda's (V1) are very similar to Intel NUC and you get the
> > entry model for 90$ (2GB RAM/32GB Flash). The Alpha's are much more
> > powerful than V1 but also much more expensive (~400$). The LattePanda's
> > have pretty standard Intel hardware, graphics, network and wireless
> > should work out of the box.
> > 
> > You can also take a look at UDOO x86 and Up Board which are both very
> > similar to LattePanda.
> > 
> > Also pretty cheap are HP's MicroServers. I have two of them (N54L).
> 
> I'll avoid HP microservers.
> 
> I have one (gen8) and, for example, won't boot from the USB3 ports.
> 
> Also refuses to boot with one USB2 and one USB3 stick int the USB2 ports.
> 
> I run FreeNAS on mine.

Sad to hear that. I only had the older model and they worked well.

The HP's were the only boxes I found to build a compact x86 NAS.


> They seem a bit "special". I won't buy anymore of these, cheap or not.
> 
> > 
> > I agree with the other commenters that Virtualization might be the
> > better approach unless you need to run your software on real hardware.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> >    Michael
> > 
> > 
> > > The reason I say "probably FreeBSD" is that another computer I'm going to get
> > > is a Power9 box from Raptor for big-endian testing. I know of two OSes that
> > > are big-endian on Power9: Adélie Linux and FreeBSD. However, while it is Tier
> > > 1 on Adélie, it is Tier 2 on FreeBSD. So I may or may not set it up as dual-
> > > boot.
> > > 
> > > Pierre
> > > -- 
> > > I believe in Yellow when I'm in Sweden and in Black when I'm in Wales.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
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