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Nettops have been getting more and more affordable; now that Asus’ Eee Box is available with Linux, they’re even cheaper. Newegg has started stocking ASUS’ little box that could with Red Flag Linux pre-installed. RF Linux is the distro developed by the Chinese government for use in China.

Up until very recently, home networking has required users to do one of two things: string cabling everywhere, or put up with security and configuration issues present with wireless networking. Networking over power lines changes that by using the copper wiring in your home to carry the signals normally transferred by network cables.