Re: [Flightgear-users] Flightgear "appliance"

[Yan S. <ya...@se...>]

I've had similar experiences.... I have a nice Intel Atom box that I can't
really do anything with as it's too underpowered.

However... Technology moves on.  I found this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856107076

which should work if the graphics are good enough.  I'm not sure if the
2nd gen Ion will work with Flightgear. I have not been able to find
minimum hardware requirements for fg.

Anyone running fg with Ion graphics?


On Wed, January 4, 2012 11:37 am, Curtis Olson wrote:
> Hi Yan,
>
> I have not been impressed with the slimline PC's I've tried -- I've found
> they often come with a power supply that is marginal for the base
> hardware,
> and even if there are expansions slots for installing a decent video card,
> often the power supply can't support it anyway.  You are probably going to
> get the most bang for your buck, and the most power if you go with a
> traditional 'mid-size' tower style case.  If you aren't planning to build
> the system yourself, at least make sure you get a system with a beefy
> enough power supply and full height expansions slots so you can install a
> high end video card.
>
> At one point in my life I was tempted by a cheap slimline HP system and it
> even had built in nvidia video hardware, but it turned out the built in
> video was analog VGA only --
>
> So my point is to just be very careful-- there are many hidden traps when
> you try to cut size or cut costs, and things you might not think about
> until later after you've already voided the warranty. :-)
>
> That said, configuring a modern linux system to autologin and launch an
> application should be pretty straight forward depending on which desktop
> system you are running.
>
> Regards,
>
> Curt.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Yan Seiner <ya...@se...> wrote:
>
>> My brother in law is a commercial pilot.  He and I got to talking about
>> flight simulators and to make a long story short I promised him a
>> Flightgear "appliance" - essentially a computer that boots to Flightgear
>> and runs a simulation of a 787.
>>
>> Any suggestions on hardware?  This box will interface with a flat panel
>> TV, so it must be capable of driving HDMI at full resolution.  It will
>> also be linux based so I can maintain it remotely.
>>
>> I'm looking for the smallest footprint, both power and size, that can
>> run
>> FG.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year,
but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If
I quit, however, it lasts forever.