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Android TV stick as webserver
Demontager
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I want to ask your experience of using so called mini-pc Android sticks running as webserver.
Actually i already ordered CX 919II(J22) 
It powered by 4 Core Cortex A9 at 1,6 Ghz, 2 Gb ram, 8 GB storage.
There is great enthusiast project Picuntu http://home.g8.net/ if i'm not wrong think this is one student page who ported Linux on such devices. BTW his website running Joomla CMS powered by Android stick on RK 3066 chip (older 2 Core).
Why i need such server ? Because I want stop using my home Corei7 machine as webserver and unload it to mini-pc. And another reason - this mini-pc consuming much less power, so in case power loss it may run much longer from UPS.
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After some research and testing i got my homepage http://nixtalk.net running on above mentioned Android stick. The right Systat block showing realtime info parsed from OS. Instead of putting website om internal NAND or micro-sd stick used SSD drive.
Nice to know it worked out well for you. Personally I prefer Allwinner devices, Rockchip seems to be much less supported with GNU/Linux distros (i.e. there's basically just Picuntu and that's it). But as a webserver it will certainly be fine, especially if you use a fast SSD instead of a slow SD card.
Also since it is Black Friday now, here's some deal for a cheap RK3188 stick for $55 only with free shipping, if anyone's interested in getting the same platform as @Demontager uses.
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Tronsmart-MK908-Google-Android-4-1-Mini-PC-TV-Box-RK3188-Quad-Core-2G-8G-BT-Black-315155.html
Yeap, not only Picuntu supported other Debian based too. Picuntu just has convenient way to install it in few clicks. Server running 2 days, but i have stability issues randomly getting reboots, probably because kernel. it's custom built from Picuntu kernel sources.
rm_, which Allwiner devices known to work well with Linux ? it is great to have FreeBSD on such devices. I know that Rasberry Pi has support, but it's performance isn't worth to mention.
Anything based on Allwinner A10 (single-core) and A20 (dual-core), but not the quad-core A31. Here's a list of distros: http://linux-sunxi.org/Bootable_OS_images and generally, refer to http://linux-sunxi.org/
i have one of those A13 tablets (1ghz/512mb ram) and debian works great on it. they really are cheap awesome devices
These tablets almost at same price level as Android sticks, great. What the problem with A31 ?
Webserver on j22 http://6g6.eu/sih0-server.jpg , removed hard plastic case to get chip cooled.
Power usage 4.8 Watts only!