Article: DreamPlug puts a 1.2GHz ARM PC in a power outlet

[zot]

How do people normally access these things to control them from their PCs? Remote Desktop (or equiv)? Surely shell access would be too difficult for the average user.

I assume a VNC system would be the ideal solution, but I suspect that access to the device might be more similar to that a router or NAS (i.e., highly limited functionality) than a desktop computer, but people who are comfortable using Sabnzbd might not mind the look and feel of the controls.

[Detale]

Although I think it's a great idea it's missing a HDD as far as I can tell. There's not really ideal for any kind of server. You would have to run a USB wire or get a really high capacity SD card and even then it is no comparison for a well placed server tower or a NAS box (tucked away behind a couch in my case). I see some real potential here though. If they could make it slightly larger so it could accept a laptop drive or ssd it would be more suited for a server.