justinwebb Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 I got mine today after ordering it a while back and was seeing if anyone else had one. For those that dont know what in the hell i am talking about http://www.raspberrypi.org/ its a mini Linux board that is basically a super tiny PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 I have been thinking really hard about buying one, I just don't know what I would use it for. The only practical application I can think of is super tiny low power carputer, I can use an Arduino for everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted June 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 I have been thinking really hard about buying one, I just don't know what I would use it for. The only practical application I can think of is super tiny low power carputer, I can use an Arduino for everything else. you zero'ed in on what I was thinking about doing haha figured I would give it a shot and see how it worked and if not I am sure I can find some other use for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 I have a few projects in mind that could take use of one, maybe a full size MAME cabinet, but I don't have the time right now to do much more than some light arduino stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 They're incredibly underpowered. They say the equalivent of a ~300mhz pentium II, but with "much swankier graphics." Too slow to run a full blown Linux distro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 They're incredibly underpowered. They say the equalivent of a ~300mhz pentium II, but with "much swankier graphics." Too slow to run a full blown Linux distro. You act like the perspective buyer requires a gui. These are going to be used as boxes to drive projects, not provide a user experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 You act like the perspective buyer requires a gui. These are going to be used as boxes to drive projects, not provide a user experience. Unless it has an SSD, 11,000 gigahurtz ivy bridge and 64 gigs of ram its not fast enough for Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 You act like the perspective buyer requires a gui. These are going to be used as boxes to drive projects, not provide a user experience. You didn't read the thread. Unless it has an SSD, 11,000 gigahurtz ivy bridge and 64 gigs of ram its not fast enough for Jason. Are any of those bad things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 They're incredibly underpowered. They say the equalivent of a ~300mhz pentium II, but with "much swankier graphics." Too slow to run a full blown Linux distro. Comparing x86 processors to ARM processors...should never be done, ever. The board is a bit more powerful than the OG Droid. PLENTY of power. And of course it will run full blown Linux. Full blown linux doesn't have to have a GUI, and I think in the vast majority of *nix installations in the world, a GUI isn't present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Comparing x86 processors to ARM processors...should never be done, ever. The board is a bit more powerful than the OG Droid. PLENTY of power. And of course it will run full blown Linux. Full blown linux doesn't have to have a GUI, and I think in the vast majority of *nix installations in the world, a GUI isn't present. Although it does run Full Blown Linux with a GUI too, and they few distros that exist for it (remember, this thing hasn't been out but a few weeks) are getting optimized every day. At the very least, it can run Android just fine, which you could argue is full blown Linux anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90G60 Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 I got mine today after ordering it a while back and was seeing if anyone else had one. For those that dont know what in the hell i am talking about http://www.raspberrypi.org/ its a mini Linux board that is basically a super tiny PC I just ordered two today. Looks like they should arrive in about three weeks. Any update on your carputer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillbot Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 I initially ordered one then later cancelled it. I was going to try to run it as an HTPC using XBMC but decided to wait for more reviews and better support after it had a chance to mature a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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