The ShowMeBox is a proposal for a computer with a purpose in connection with DebConf 2016 in Cape Town.

Idea

The idea with the ShowMeBox project is to make it possible for us to have a competition like the following in the months up to DebConf 2016:

The competition is imagined to have the following specifics:

Finally, the project is of course strictly limited to DFSG-free software and data sources, and does not include any means of advertising services or proprietary software or data feeds: it is all about promoting Debian and the art of open data analytics. (This does not limit quoting sponsors and other kinds of contributors with their logo, etc., of course, as we see fit.)

Hardware

ShowMeBox has these technical characteristics:

Boards we currently consider:

Name

Processor

RAM

battery

Wifi

Ethernet

OSHW

Price

OLinuXino A20 LIME2

1GHz dual-core Allwinner

1GB

(./)

{X}

(./)

(./)

$56

OLinuXino A20 LIME

1GHz dual-core Allwinner

½GB

(./)

{X}

(./)

(./)

$43

Cubieboard2-Dual

1GHz dual-core Allwinner

1GB

(./)

{X}

(./)

{X}

$51

Cubieboard3

1GHz dual-core Allwinner

2GB

(./)

(./)

(./)

{X}

$86

Prices are including case, but excluding GSM modem, SDCARD, wifi (where not builtin) or battery.

See also Freedombox and WikiPedia board comparisons.

Software

ShowMeBox will come loaded with the following software:

People

Development is done at Alioth, coordinated by mail with code tracked in git.