Linutop

Linutop are selling a small, completely silent linux box. It's based on an AMD Geode and comes with 256 Mb of RAM. The only storage is provided via the front usb panels, which is a bit of a shame (it wouldn't be so bad if there were some rear USB port to keep the USB flash disk out of sight, or even better a Compact Flash port) and comes with a USB flash disk that has Xubuntu on it.

It's the sort of device I want to get to try getting Asterisk running on, as part of my long and slowly running plan to reduce the noise level and power consumption in my flat - at the moment it's like sleeping in a server room.

Linux Based IP Videophone

LinuxDevices has an article on a Linux based IP Videophone. The phone is part of Iwatsu Electric Co's "Premium Communication Tool", which includes a VOIP PABX and is targeted at small offices.

Tesco Cordless Internet Phone Vs Linux

I'm trying to get Tesco's Cordless VOIP Phone working with Linux. It almost works but it looks like one of the audio interfaces isn't working (interface 0). Looking around the web, it looks like interface 0 on several USB devices doesn't work, so maybe getting ALSA to ignore it will get it working (except, I'm not sure how to do that yet). I've sent an email to alsa users mailing list, hopefully someone will be able to shed some light on what I need to do.