[$] Opening up the GnuBee open NAS system

GnuBee is the brand namefor a line of open hardware boards designed to provideLinux-based network-attached storage. Given the success of thecrowdfunding campaigns for the first two products, the GB-PC1 andGB-PC2(which support 2.5 and 3.5 inch drives respectively), there appears to be amarket for these devices. Given that Linux is quite good at attachingstorage to a network, it seems likely they will perform their core functionmore than adequately. My initial focus when exploring my GB-PC1 is not theperformance but the openness: just how open is it really? The best analogyI can come up with is that of a door with rusty hinges: it can be opened,but doing so requires determination.