£15 Computer ...

Mp4 · 3 Jan 2012 at 22:18

$loth said:
I'd check if the SDHC is compatible as their wiki says that some class 10 cards aren't

Meh oh well if it doesn't work ill just get a lower one and ebay the class 10

touch said:
That would be cool. No need for remote controls

It would but don't think it could happen thinking about it ..lol

Might as well get a mind storm lego robot.

The ebay auctions have gone well for R-Pi

quickshot89 · 3 Jan 2012 at 22:24

need these to come out in the next month or so so i can use them in my dissertation conclusion

horrorwood · 3 Jan 2012 at 22:27

I need someone to port XBMC/OpenElec to it and then release it.. :cool:

ZXSpectrum · 3 Jan 2012 at 23:33

Xbmc is already in the pipeline but think this is just modded to work on this distro rather than full dedicated bootable os.

VeNT · 4 Jan 2012 at 08:24

100x base price. (last I looked)
good markup!

gropingmantis · 4 Jan 2012 at 09:06

VeNT said:
100x base price. (last I looked)
good markup!

They cost 15p to make?

edit: oh the charity beta boards.

Goldy · 4 Jan 2012 at 10:24

Im really excited about the R-Pi and looking forward to getting my hands on one when they become available. I missed out on programming with the first generation computers and can barely remember playing a few games on tape on the Commodore. Its regrettable that programming or computer science were not included in my school curriculum. ICT was about teaching how to use Excel, Access and Word - which im grateful for, but could have been taught in a shorter 3 week course, or by mixing it with other subjects like the sciences, history, etc.

I do 'get' the RPi and im well behind the mission of the RPi charity. I like seeing all the components, chips, resistors and ports on a small PCB and then make it do stuff. Even just to calculate a few numbers or build a tic-tac console game. With a modern Dell laptop it feels kind of artificial having Windows sit between my fingers and the raw computing goodness inside.

Got a few questions as well:

If the RPi is intended for teaching programming, what programming language will it be using? Im slowly learning Microsoft .net programming C# and VB but have no experience with anything else - i understand OOP in a conceptual sense which is a start.

Will there be a visual studio equivalent? Does what I know from C# carry across or will I be learning a new language from scratch

Ive had a play with Linux Ubuntu, and a couple other distro's. Ive always thought they were a complete PITA to use and you needed to be a computer genius to get anything done in linux. So my understanding is shallow to say the least. Whats the best way to get introduced to Linux and learn some terminal commands?

elrasho · 11 Jan 2012 at 13:27

These might come in handy for work. Anyone know if you can boot them up to connect to a Windows 2008 server using RDP?

Glaucus · 11 Jan 2012 at 13:30

Not so excited anymore. Seems to be far more capable pcs on a stick at CES for $50-100, so unkess your third world or a school (which is it main aim) be better of spending a touch more.

moss · 11 Jan 2012 at 13:30

elrasho said:
These might come in handy for work. Anyone know if you can boot them up to connect to a Windows 2008 server using RDP?

You can RDP to Windows using tsclient from Linux.

elrasho · 11 Jan 2012 at 13:39

moss said:
You can RDP to Windows using tsclient from Linux.

Can this be configured to automatically run on boot up? I want my Ras Pi to connect to a RDP server on startup. The Ras Pi will need adding to that domain that servers on too, wonder how that can be done?

JonJ678 · 11 Jan 2012 at 14:43

Glaucus said:
Not so excited anymore. Seems to be far more capable pcs on a stick at CES for $50-100, so unkess your third world or a school (which is it main aim) be better of spending a touch more.

Do you mean the "cotton candy" thing, with hdmi one end and usb on the other? If so, I think the absence of an ethernet point somewhat cripples it. if you have something else in mind, please let us know what

Glaucus · 11 Jan 2012 at 14:45

There's been about 5 so far at CES and cotton candy is one.

Boxee is another
Roku has one as well.

Cotton candy has wifi built in and USB, so you could probably fit a connector if you must.

manic_man · 11 Jan 2012 at 14:51

For those looking for something with a bit more oomph and better connections etc, check out something like the BeagleBoard or the PandaBoard.

Couple a BeagleBoard with the latest distribution of Angstrom and you have a nice capable little beastie.

The main issue for me is the integration of PowerVR drivers needed to access the OpenGL ES acceleration of the OMAP3 and 4 series SoCs, at this moment I can get some sample apps released by PowerVR and Texas Instruments (the manufacturer of the OMAP line of ARM based SOCs) to run well on my BeagleBoard, but I can't for the life of me write my own little sample apps. Let alone get access to the TI DSP that's also onboard.

I would also like to point out to those saying get Ubuntu onboard, at this moment, the curent release of Ubuntu has serious issues accessing the Cortex A8 chips at anything about 700Mhz, i'm hoping it'll be fixed soon, but my Angstrom distro has no issues running my BeagleBoard at 1Ghz.

Of course, there is also the Ardruino line of products too.

That said, the R-Pi is a very nice bit of packaging, it's just a shame they have used such an underpowered ARM chip, from what I can tell it doesn't even have a hardware FP unit and it certainly doesn't have the ARM NEON extensions (i.e. ARMs version of MMX/SSE/3D NOW! etc)

alexakasloth · 11 Jan 2012 at 15:20

horrorwood said:
I need someone to port XBMC/OpenElec to it and then release it..

Would the linux version of XBMC not work?
If not this saddens me, I just found the mobile control app last night and got a wee bit excited.

quickshot89 · 11 Jan 2012 at 15:23

$loth said:
Would the linux version of XBMC not work?
If not this saddens me, I just found the mobile control app last night and got a wee bit excited.

needs to be ARM ported i think, anyways, the RPi has its own thread in the linux section, i think this thread should be merged with that one

PermaBanned · 11 Jan 2012 at 15:24

$loth said:
Would the linux version of XBMC not work?
If not this saddens me, I just found the mobile control app last night and got a wee bit excited.

As far as i'm aware there isn't an ARM port of XBMC, there are a few unsupported (officially) ones for the major distros though, Arch is the one i'm keeping an eye on.

JonJ678 · 11 Jan 2012 at 15:24

Glaucus said:
There's been about 5 so far at CES and cotton candy is one.

Boxee is another
Roku has one as well.

Cotton candy has wifi built in and USB, so you could probably fit a connector if you must.

Thank you

alexakasloth · 11 Jan 2012 at 15:27

Cheers guys, I ask as xbmc or similar is the main reason I would purchase this.

PermaBanned · 11 Jan 2012 at 15:34

Well i think there is a way to get XBMC to run on top of another distro, rather than on its own. Wouldn't be a world of effort away from getting that to run on ARM.