[Tfug] Raspberry Pi PC

[erich]

Time was when we wanted the computing power.
    Now 700mhz is acceptable because everything is now done
in the cloud. But wait. They want this to be a development platform.
Don't you need major processing capability to do compiling/building?

                                                                                               
Erich
der.hans wrote:
> Am 26. Dec, 2011 schwätzte erich so:
>
> moin moin Erich,
>
>> See,
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16316439
>>
>> It says "version of Linux", but what distro?
>
> The FAQ lists a few.
>
> ###
> What Linux distros will be supported at launch?
> Debian, Fedora and ArchLinux will be supported from the start. We hope to
> see support from other distros later. We will be selling SD cards with 
> the
> distros preloaded. (Sept 4 2011 – originally, this FAQ suggested that
> Ubuntu would be supported. Because of issues with newer releases of 
> Ubuntu
> and the ARM processor we are using, Ubuntu can’t commit to support
> Raspberry Pi at the moment.)
> ###
>
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs
>
> Manufacturing has begun and they're expecting the first units by the end
> of the month.
>
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/509
>
> I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a Model B.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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