[Tfug] Raspberry Pi

[Louis Taber]

Hi All,

I received my B version Raspberry Pi a few weeks ago.   Mine had Debian
(without the hardware floating point support which is now available)
install on a 32GByte SD card.  I have yet to attach a monitor or a
keyboard, but it will take a HDMI or composite monitor.    Mine is running
Apache2 with CGI.  I have run a test GPIO program.   The plan is to use it
to control lights and such in my new shop.  At $35 + S&H (about $7 for me)
 it seem to be a great little Linux box.  Does anyone else on the list have
one yet?  , or one on order?    - Louis  .

A quick intro to the Raspberry Pi:

 http://www.raspberrypi.org/


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.


"Raspberry Pi" Computer Model-BDeveloperRaspberry Pi
Foundation<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi_Foundation>
TypeSingle-board
computer<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-board_computer>Release
date29 February
2012[1]<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#cite_note-release-0>Introductory
priceUS$ 25 and US$ 35
Operating system
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system>Linux<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux>
 (Debian GNU/Linux <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian>,
Fedora<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_(operating_system)>,
and Arch Linux ARM
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Linux_ARM>)[2]<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#cite_note-raspberrypi_faqs-1>
Power2.5 W (model A), 3.5 W (model
B)CPU<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit>
ARM1176JZF-S <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM11> (armv6*k*) 700
MHz[3]<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#cite_note-Broadcom-BCM2835-Website-2>Storage
capacitySD card slot <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital>
(SD or SDHC card)Memory256 MByte <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabyte>
GraphicsBroadcom <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcom> VideoCore
IV[3]<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#cite_note-Broadcom-BCM2835-Website-2>
Websitewww.raspberrypi.org
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