Bubba | 3

[beneix]

I've been lurking on this forum for some time while pondering a purchase decision. I am getting close to pushing the button on a NAS device and Bubba sounds great, but what would be very useful would be to know from Excito -- in general terms -- what sort of development pipeline you have planned?

There does seem to be some pent-up desire on the forums for key development steps such as an updated version of Debian, faster processor for better throughput, etc. While I recognise that Excito wouldn't necessarily want to divulge or commit to too much detail on future developments, a planned release cycle in general terms seems reasonable to ask for. It would help me decide -- if a new (hardware) version of Bubba is expected this year, I'll probably hang ten, but if the next product is not expected until 2Q11 I'll probably get the Bubba | 2 now.

I am thinking something like: "Development on Bubba | 2 continues with a Ruby release planned for second quarter 2010; Aiming for release of Bubba | 3 in third quarter 2010, with Bubba | 4 planned for late 2011 or early 2012..."

[Veksi]

Likewise, it'd be nice to know. I really like the current software (I'm not a day-in day-out Linux tinkerer) and hardware configuration options, especially the 802.11n wireless, but I very much prefer a stronger processor (Tegra 2/ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore?). That is, if heat doesn't become a serious problem as can be read on the SheevaPlug forums.