• solrize
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    8 months ago

    Those things are ancient, too. It’s annoying that there are no tiny cheap Linux SBC’s like that, which you can straightforwardly buy.

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    8 months ago

    Transcend Wifi SD Card Is Was A Tiny Linux Server.

    8 years ago, this article is from 2016. I wonder what progress was made if any, both security wise and performance wise.

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    8 months ago

    I had the FlashAir which is more or less the same thing. Loved it. Used it for quickly retrieving underwater photography without unsealing the camera as well as backing up dashcams, security cameras, and other such quality of life, never have to touch it kind of applications. I would totally buy more if they come back in fashion. Micro SD is probably impossible, but a girl can dream, can’t he?

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    Completely crazy. There are many flash devices with a controller on it, so a small computer, but that this thing has wifi is completely mind boggling.

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      8 months ago

      Don’t forget that every recent Intel CPU contains an extra 486-based system on a chip running a stripped-down version of Minix (a predecessor of Linux), to implement the remote management engine.

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        Well tbf it’s just a microcontroller, it doesn’t run Linux

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          Nope, it runs FreeRTOS, but it’s still cool that I can build an internet-connected smart device in a package the size of your big toe nail using open software.

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            Yep, I go for it for almost every project I do, also because of the price. The amount of features you get for like 5 or 6 dollars is crazy.

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          MCUs can run Linux.

          I don’t use Espriff products so no idea if it is available for the ESP32.