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Re: Is rPi going-off-the-rails ?!

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  Re: Is rPi going-off-the-rails ?! noSpam@gmail.com - 2015-02-26 13:23 +0000
    Re: Is rPi going-off-the-rails ?! Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2015-02-26 14:35 -0800
      Re: Is rPi going-off-the-rails ?! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-02-27 14:24 -0500

#13760 — Re: Is rPi going-off-the-rails ?!

In article <mch2dk$2p9$1@dont-email.me>, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote: 

> On 02/23/2015 07:08 PM, not.socialnetwork@gmail.com wrote:
> > I was trying a new-for-me feature of mc, which caused the non-X-terminal
> > to hang; and I wanted to kill the terminal, without disturbing other
> > mc running in X.
> 
> 	Which distribution?
> 
> 	Which platform?

The absurd `pstree -p` is from a standard 2013 rPi.

> >
> > Previously I noticed the strange/absurd multiple "{console-kit-dae}"
> >   in `pstree -p`. See the log-trace below.
> > The absurd-growth of "{console-kit-dae}" prompts me to comment on
> > the evolution of rPi.
> >
> > I read about the <quad-CPU> rPi.
> > How much current is that going to consume?!
> > Already the battery-powerability is a problem.
> > Will the quest to ape WinTel kill the original rPi idea?
> >
> > What low-power open-linux systems are available?
> >
> > == TIA
> 
> 	Why don't you read at the URL below.
> 
> "http://linuxgizmos.com/mini-pc-taps-rpi-compute-module-and-supports-rpi-2/"
OK, that confirms that they're trying to ape WinTel

> 	You might find answers there to your questions.
> 	How by the way do you define low power?
> 
Well, the bloke told about his Sharp-pocket-calculator which still
used the batteries from a decade ago; but the original rPi uses
2 Watt [without display]. So you'd want no more than 100mA * 5V
for portability.

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#13763

["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.misc.]
On 2015-02-26, noSpam@gmail.com <noSpam@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, that confirms that they're trying to ape WinTel

Speaking of aping, this is now either the 10th "Chris Glur" morph in my
scorefile, or someone is very good at imitating him.

--keith


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#13765

On Thu, 26 Feb 2015, Keith Keller wrote:

> ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.misc.]
> On 2015-02-26, noSpam@gmail.com <noSpam@gmail.com> wrote:
>> OK, that confirms that they're trying to ape WinTel
>
> Speaking of aping, this is now either the 10th "Chris Glur" morph in my
> scorefile, or someone is very good at imitating him.
>
So you're saying he's already "gone off the rails"?

   Michael

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