Raspberry Pi - credit card size computer runs Fedora

The Raspberry Pi was launched yesterday. http://www.raspberrypi.org/


To-date there have been video's of it running Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu as well as various derivatives like XBMC. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbWE6qF7pIM
(Lots of YouTube videos to check out)

Raspberry Pi SBC

The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer board that plugs into a TV and a keyboard. It’s a miniature ARM-based PC which can be used for many of the things that a desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays High-Definition video.

Features
Broadcom BCM2835 700MHz ARM1176JZFS processor with FPU and Videocore 4 GPU
GPU provides Open GL ES 2.0, hardware-accelerated OpenVG, and 1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode
GPU is capable of 1Gpixel/s, 1.5Gtexel/s or 24GFLOPs with texture filtering and DMA infrastructure
256MB RAM
Boots from SD card, running the Fedora version of Linux
10/100 BaseT Ethernet socket
HDMI socket
USB 2.0 socket
RCA video socket
SD card socket
Powered from microUSB socket
3.5mm audio out jack
Header footprint for camera connection
Size: 85.6 x 53.98 x 17mm

Off topic. Is J.N. telling the kid that Linux is better than Windows ?

 

I registered my email address to be notified when/where I can order a raspberry pi at the RS Components link on the raspberry pi home page. The other web site to order from,
Premier Farnell, was unavailable when I tried it most like due to the overwhelming demand for the raspberry pi.

A version of the raspberry pi with WiFi is said to be in the works down the road (though you won't find any mention of it on the launch web page at raspberrypi.org.

-- Tom

 

Off topic. Is J.N. telling the kid that Linux is better than Windows ?


http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/raspberry-pi-computer-goes-on-sale.html#more

 

this is very intersting please check

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGcILQ4WxEk


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbWE6qF7pIM

 

And what about "Cotton Candy ready to be pre-ordered, runs Ubuntu and Android 4.0"?

 

Where's the axe?

 

I remember stumbling across Cotton Candy by FXI. Has more power but costs about 7x more. What is the target market ?

 

Mack's got a 2-in-1 thread over here. I'll show off my ignorance there

 

Yup, mack's a bright spark. I should have probably posted there.

 

I need to get me one.
Mrk

 

I heard it was; "Sure, you can apply 'getStringFromObj()' to women Danny boy, yes, sure you can...!"

Oh, and awesome gizmo, as in hardware that might make me neglect my main PC for weeks. Affordable enough anyways.

 

Could be useful for app dev's. the PI is so much better though.

 

Besides 'Debian squeeze' now also 'Arch Linux ARM' available for download (and 'Fedora Remix' almost).
Raspberry Pi site link

 

Raspberry Pi Case.

-- Tom

 

Raspberry Pi Linux distro released, but the $35 computer faces new delays.

-- Tom