I've not had too many problems, and because package counts are generally very low on Shevaplug compared to full server and desktop installations of Debian/Ubuntu, the chances of package problems is greatly reduced too.

I do a full update every month, and don't think I have ever encountered a problem.   Running old versions of packages comes with their own problems too.   Transmission web interface failed to work at all on Opera for me, on the Lenny "stable" distro, but works fine in the "unstable"...

Thanks, that fixed it.  My only problem, is the Processes tab does not show anything.

Got it displaying a logon using lighttpd, but I can't log in.   I also can't find setuid and setgid on debian.  Anyone know what package they come with?

Don't suppose you have a binary?  I don't want to install a c++ compiler just to try this out...

That's precisely why I opted for Debian Squeeze rather than Lenny, as the packages in Lenny are so out of date...

However Apple will spend lots of money on marketing, and consumers will then buy whatever crap Apple want to sell them regardless of how good or bad it is, in comparision to competing products.

I have long since worked out that best technology or best value does not mean best sales any more, if you have pretty adverts and comes with a "uban chic" created by the manufacturer, then you can sell sub-par stuff to the mass market consumers that are too stupid (or lazy) to bother to explore alternatives.   Many examples of this (iPhone, iPod, Wii, Xbox360 all inferior to their counterparts, but sell well due to advertising/marketing/virual marketing/astroturfing)

As mentioned, you don't have to.  However this is some big benefits from doing so.

1/ You get the latest kernels from sheeva-with-linux.
2/ It converts the plug to UBIFS, which boots significantly quicker.
3/ You can if you wish, install the root filesystem to SDCard if you wish.

Hi, can you elerboate how to use this?  What do you get at the end of it?  Unencrpyted files for streaming on the home network?  Does it support the HD iPlayer streams? 

Out of curiosity, what packages are people running on their debian plugs?  It's really simple to do a package listing of installed packages:


Mines attached (and uses 50% of NAND, with /var on SDHC)

I boot from NAND, but have mounted my /var on SDHC card to reduce wear.

I have Postfix/Dovecot combo working excellently on Debian Squeeze on my plug.   I just apt-get installed them, and did a bit of tweaking to the mailbox locations, so they didn't live on flash, but on my USB HDD.  I also integrated spamassassin into postfix chain, and have a dovecot sieve that sorts spam into a IMAP spam inbox when it sees the spamassassin mail header.

It's pretty straightward, if you need any specific help, more than happy to try and help out.

Mine:  (Transcend 4GB SDHC)

sheeva:~# hdparm -tT /dev/mmcblk0

/dev/mmcblk0:
 Timing cached reads:   634 MB in  2.00 seconds = 316.65 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:   58 MB in  3.03 seconds =  19.12 MB/sec

Here is mine:

NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0xad, Chip ID: 0xdc (Hynix NAND 512MiB 3,3V 8-bit)
Scanning device for bad blocks
Bad eraseblock 249 at 0x000001f20000
Bad eraseblock 639 at 0x000004fe0000
Bad eraseblock 1200 at 0x000009600000
Bad eraseblock 1461 at 0x00000b6a0000
Bad eraseblock 1581 at 0x00000c5a0000
Bad eraseblock 1608 at 0x00000c900000
Bad eraseblock 1778 at 0x00000de40000
Bad eraseblock 1796 at 0x00000e080000
Bad eraseblock 1801 at 0x00000e120000
Bad eraseblock 1864 at 0x00000e900000
Bad eraseblock 1970 at 0x00000f640000
Bad eraseblock 2021 at 0x00000fca0000

Change the skin in your preferences.  I had to do this, as black on black is horrendous!

Updated from 3.4.25 to 3.4.27 worked perfectly for me from USB.

Many thanks.