I took me 8 weeks to wait until Globalscale Technologies finally shipped my Sheevaplug - a small sized but well powered little tiny Linux Computer on ARM embedded processor basis. It is told to consume only 5 - 8 watts of power. It features a 1,2 GHz ARM Processor aside 512 MD DDR2 SDRAM and 512 MB internal flash storage. It also has a LAN, USB port and a SD card slot. For accessing the early boot stages of the installed linux kernel it features a mini-USB port to connect a serial console. Here are some images of the unpacking procedure :)

It is really so small, that it fits on one hand :)

My plan is to install Debian Linux on it and use it primarily as my web server at home to run this web site on it. It comes pre-installed with Ubuntu Linux, but definitely my favor is Debian. This is also a very good opportunity to learn more about Debian on ARM processors. When it comes to cross-compiling, building cross-compilation tool chains and creating cross-platform root file systems for the ARM architecture it is often much easier to have a live ARM Linux system in your hands.