Talk:Plug computer

Improved article

Improved the article somewhat, but there is still a fair amount of work to do! -- samj _in^out 19:58, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Could/should Raspberry Pi be added to the list? Andjack (talk) 22:58, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Needs Scale Reference in picture

While I can read that this fits on a plug. it has no external scale. This needs to show the Plug side as well, or add a few common coins to show scale. As I'm not sire if this is 14 inches or if its 14mm. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.145.234.61 (talk) 04:50, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Redirects

Can we get a redirect from plug computing to this article? 70.251.1.76 (talk) 22:52, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Notability and then some?

This week's Electronic Frontier Foundation newsletter links to a NYT article about Eben Moglen, a law prof and longtime free-software activist who wants to use these little guys (he calls them "plug servers") to set up a kind of parallel Internet, resistant to government shutdown, in countries or for situations where 'Net freedom is an issue. The tech and the implications are outside my expertise (many things are <g> ), and I might have misread something...but could someone who knows what s/he's looking at check out these links and see if this idea/movement merits a mention here?

• The Times article: "Decentralizing the Internet So Big Brother Can't Find You"
• Moglen's speech: "Why Political Liberty Depends on Software Freedom More Than Ever"
• His new group, the FreedomBox Foundation

-- Limetanus (talk) 23:50, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Definition with citations needed

This article really needs a clearer definition. The current definition, "A plug computer is a small form factor server for use in the home or office." Which boils down to a (physically) "small" server. This is so broad that it doesn't seem like there is much point to having an article. For example, pretty much any personal print server from the last 20+ years would qualify. Likewise, almost any personal router would qualify (they typically provide services like DHCP, routing, serve up web pages (for a user interface), etc.).

If all of these are considered "plug computers" then that should be made clearer in the article. (It would also be worth considering combining the article with something like home server.) Is this just the same topic (or a subtopic of) Personal server? (In which case I suggest merging/moving/generalizing the article to personal server).

How notable is this topic - it appears that the term plug computer is to some extent marketing jargon for one manufacturer. Are there good independent sources that cover this area? Zodon (talk) 07:45, 24 February 2012 (UTC)