The Cheapest Linux Box Ever

[Overbyte]

Some guy really went nuts on this one, a computer built by spending just $1 on duct tape :D

Digg Article (http://www.digg.com/linux_unix/Linux_users_are_cheap_as_hell_pic)

http://www.afrotechmods.com/submitted/gCube/thDCP_0802.jpg

http://www.afrotechmods.com/submitted/gCube/thDCP_0803.jpg

http://www.afrotechmods.com/submitted/gCube/thDCP_0806.jpg

Link to larger sizes of the pictures: Here (http://www.afrotechmods.com/submitted/gCube/gcube.htm)


Ubuntu Feisty OS: $0.00. Cardboard box: $0.00. Duct tape: $1.00.
Having the bitchin'est case mod this side of the trailer park: priceless.


Long Live Linux!

[Kowalski_GT-R]

not very impressive, is it?

nothing to brag about at the pub, what do you reckon? :)

[Overbyte]

I've just learned that "thing" runs on Feisty :D

[Kowalski_GT-R]

I've just learned that "thing" runs on Feisty :D

It's actually the other way round :)

[LowSky]

i would just like to point out that duct tape is conductive of electricty. I wouldn't want it touching the bare motherboard.

Also what do Mormans have to do with Microsoft or Linux?

I actually found this
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2005/10/cardboard_pc_ca.html

[WarholsGhost]

that thing is going to catch on fire

[Skia_42]

There are so many old PC cases lying around, one could buy one or head to the dump. I don't see any reason why one couldn't just scavenge one that won't die with heat or water.

[FuturePilot]

Now that's literally a box:lolflag:

[Dragonbite]

Where did he get the components?

[Dragonbite]

We should be coming up soon to the Mac-o-lanterns. I've seen for the past couple of years somebody has taken a Mac or PC components and put them into a carved pumpkin. They inclcude a picture of the computer running from the PC-o-lantern.

[Ireclan]

How in the world do they manage to put PCs inside pumpkins? Wouldn't the pumpkin conduct electricity, and short the motherboard?

[Dragonbite]

How in the world do they manage to put PCs inside pumpkins? Wouldn't the pumpkin conduct electricity, and short the motherboard? The one I remember had a slot in the back where they slid the motherboard in (like a slot-loading CD?) and they put plastic around where the motherboard actually connects with the pumpkin.

For the eyes they have 2 CPU fans (1 blowing in and 1 blowing out I believe)

Link: http://www3.uark.edu/bkst/pumpkin/ (http://www3.uark.edu/bkst/pumpkin/)

[amadeus266]

I guess I didn't need the milk crate after all.:lolflag:

[santiagoward2000]

Hey! That box even has a screwdrivers holder!! I would definitely spend $1 on one!! :lolflag:

[Ireclan]

Google is your friend

Dear god, please none of that condescending crap. I thoroughly enjoyed your post 'till I got to this part.

[Dragonbite]

Dear god, please none of that condescending crap. I thoroughly enjoyed your post 'till I got to this part.I was just saying how I found the link after all of this time (looking under "computer in a pumkin")... not ment to be condenscending at all. My apologies.

[thx11381974]

It's Eco friendly.

[Ireclan]

I was just saying how I found the link after all of this time (looking under "computer in a pumkin")... not ment to be condenscending at all. My apologies.

Oh. In that case, you don't owe me any apology. I misinterpreted.

[jpkotta]

Since when is duct tape conductive? And why would you pay a buck for that thing? I got my fileserver for free, because someone didn't want their old P3 any more (I still had to buy new HDs and a SATA card, but still...).

[Overbyte]

Since when is duct tape conductive? And why would you pay a buck for that thing?

:lolflag:


Duct tape, in the USA and Canada, is a vinyl, fabric-reinforced, multi-purpose adhesive tape with a soft and tacky pressure sensitive adhesive.

Vinyl. Fabric reinforced. There you have it!
Yeah, if duct tape were conductive, many would have died already :D

Although that thing really IS a fire hazard if the computer got hot enough :)

[Tom Mann]

I'd rather spend a bit more for this :)

http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/bender/default.asp?page=1

[derekr44]

Hey, if you're gonna make fun of us Mormons, at least spell it right :lolflag:

[Dragonbite]

Since when is duct tape conductive? And why would you pay a buck for that thing? I got my fileserver for free, because someone didn't want their old P3 any more (I still had to buy new HDs and a SATA card, but still...).So far I've gotten 3 of my 4 computers for free as toss-aways (except the cost of 1 hard drive and I plan on maxing out the RAM on the 2 latest systems).

I still feel guilty thinking the 1 computer system I bought back in 2000 may be retired because of these "new", more powerful systems...