Raspberry Pi

  • GreekGuy
    16th May 2012 Member 1 Permalink
    Mines coming in June. Has anybody else ordered one? Does anyone else have there's yet?

    Let this be a discussion about how totally awesome the mini computer is.




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    Info:

    The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video. We want to see it being used by kids all over the world to learn programming.
  • Simon
    16th May 2012 Administrator 3 Permalink
    Haven't managed to order one yet, still waiting for RS Components.
  • sandstorm
    16th May 2012 Member 2 Permalink
    Can it run powdertoy?^_^
  • GreekGuy
    16th May 2012 Member 2 Permalink
    @sandstorm (View Post)
    Of course! It uses Linux as an operating system.
  • EqualsThree
    16th May 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @GreekGuy (View Post)
    OMGOMGOMGITCAN?

    I might order one soon ;-;
  • GreekGuy
    16th May 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @Simon (View Post)
    Yeah I had to sign up and "display interest" in it when they were first released. A month later I got an email that informed me that I could preorder, so I did. I got an email a week or two ago informing me that it was to come no later than June.



    @EqualsThree (View Post)
    Yes... I have linux, I run TPT, it has linux, it can run TPT.

    BTW, the board costs 35$. hdmi cable, mouse, keyboard, and a hi capacity SD card totals at about $80 (and other acessories)

    Also I wouldn't count on getting one anytime soon. A LOT of people have preorders in and the 2 sites that sell these will take a long time to catch up with the demand. I preordered a long time ago...
  • mniip
    16th May 2012 Developer 1 Permalink
    Android is linux.
    so dont say linux can play tpt
  • GreekGuy
    16th May 2012 Member 1 Permalink
    @mniip (View Post)
    Visit there website:
    www.raspberrypi.org
    to learn about the different forms of linux that it can run.
  • vanquish349
    16th May 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    i would say it won't be able to play any game as it looks like it won't be able to Handel the processing that is required.
  • plypencil
    16th May 2012 Member 1 Permalink
    I have ordered one, and TPT compiles on my debian build which will be running on my raspberry but does not run. I think im missing packages so im looking into it.

    (IT WILL BE SLOW THOUGH!)

    If you use OS's like android and fedora, its unlikely to work at all.