[Tfug] Raspberry Pi

[keith smith]

Hi Louis,

What was the total cost of setting up your  Raspberry Pi?  Power supply, keyboard, mouse, monitor? 

Also what power supply are you using and what about a case?

I'm sure it has to be snappy running Linux on an SD card.

Thanks for your feedback!

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Keith Smith

--- On Mon, 7/23/12, Louis Taber <ltaber at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Louis Taber <ltaber at gmail.com>
Subject: [Tfug] Raspberry Pi
To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
Date: Monday, July 23, 2012, 7:50 AM

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-BDeveloper
Raspberry Pi Foundation
TypeSingle-board computer
Release date29 February 2012[1]
Introductory priceUS$ 25 and US$ 35
Operating system
Linux (Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora, and Arch Linux ARM)[2]
Power2.5 W (model A), 3.5 W (model B)
CPU
ARM1176JZF-S (armv6k) 700 MHz[3]
Storage capacitySD card slot

(SD or SDHC card)Memory256 MByte
GraphicsBroadcom VideoCore IV[3]
Websitewww.raspberrypi.org


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