[jamesone111] bought a Transcend WifiSD card, presumably for photography, but it may just have been because he heard that they’re actually tiny Linux servers. He read a post about these cards…
  • solrize@lemmy.world
    33·
    2 months ago

    Those things are ancient, too. It’s annoying that there are no tiny cheap Linux SBC’s like that, which you can straightforwardly buy.

    • olympicyes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Along the same lines as the Transcend card is Blue SCSI which is a little raspberry pi based SSD for vintage Macs that lets you FTP into the drive from a modern machine for file transfer.

  • jwt@programming.dev
    281·
    2 months ago

    Transcend Wifi SD Card Is Was A Tiny Linux Server.

    8 years ago, this article is from 2016. I wonder what progress was made if any, both security wise and performance wise.

  • JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world
    181·
    2 months ago

    I had the FlashAir which is more or less the same thing. Loved it. Used it for quickly retrieving underwater photography without unsealing the camera as well as backing up dashcams, security cameras, and other such quality of life, never have to touch it kind of applications. I would totally buy more if they come back in fashion. Micro SD is probably impossible, but a girl can dream, can’t he?