X terminals for kitchen use...

[Michael Hipp]

Alan Jackson wrote:
> My wife mentioned that she would like a small, flatscreen system in the
> kitchen someday for looking up recipes & such.
> 
> I started thinking about what I would want it to be, and decided that it
> should be a diskless x-term with an undersized keyboard, flat LCD
> monitor, and a wireless ethernet connection. And, of course, cheap!
> 
> Does anyone know of something like this? (I suppose I could pick up
> an old laptop on e-bay and load Linux on it...)

Take a look at building a system based on a VIA Mini-ITX. Lots of info 
available about making them diskless and completely silent. They're 
affordable and can be assembled in a really small package.

Michael