Well, okay, maybe “simple” isn't quite true. Because the CuBox comes with an infrared receiver built in to its little cube, that means programming the old remote sitting in your junk drawer (an old series one TiVo remote in my case) is simple. If you've ever used XBMC on a Raspberry Pi, however, this performs like a dream. Admittedly, there are a few issues with slow menu response (especially while the library is being scanned). Running GeeXboX on the CuBox is incredible. Even the HDMI and SPDIF are detected correctly and function without additional tweaking. I would continue to use the CuBox as a server in my office, except.įigure 5. Thanks to the ARM processor, it's perfectly silent and generates very little heat. With Gigabit Ethernet, tons of RAM and visual appeal, it makes a great server for your office. With the CuBox, an external eSATA drive means the potential for terabytes of local storage.Īlthough I'll admit the CuBox as a desktop replacement was a little frustrating, as a server, I was very impressed with it. I have a 32GB SD card and a 32GB USB drive in it, but not only are both of those media types rather slow, 64GB also isn't exactly massive cloud storage. The other big limitation with my Raspberry Pi server is storage space. But, with a headless Debian install on the CuBox, I can see the difference 2GB of RAM can make. As I put services on the RPi, however, I have noticed that as a server, the Raspberry Pi can become overwhelmed fairly quickly. I'm still eternally grateful to Kyle Rankin for tipping me off to the opportunity. I've mentioned my Raspberry Pi colocated in Austria before. That said, giving you the specs makes sense, so I'll start there and move on to the more fun stuff afterward. The folks at SolidRun have made such a neat product, however, that I'm really more interested in showing you the cool things it can do than just giving you a list of specs and opinions. I originally planned to review the CuBox like any other product, and if you prefer to see this as an extended review, that's okay. Plus, SolidRun is releasing the CuBox-i series, which is just as powerful and half the price. The $159 device is more expensive than a Raspberry Pi, but it includes a case, an even tinier form factor and as much power as several RPi units. So in this article, I'm going to talk about my newest toy, the CuBox Pro from SolidRun ( ). I can't even feed the birds without cron jobs and network streaming.) Although I've spent countless hours fiddling with Raspberry Pis during the past year, they're no longer the only kid on the block when it comes to tiny ARM-based computers. Our jobs are geeky, our hair is geeky, and even our hobbies are geeky.
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