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Re: Anybody out there?

From alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject Re: Anybody out there?
Date 2015-09-16 11:46 +0000
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
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On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 09:26:51 +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote:

> In article <55f92636$0$3310$426a74cc@news.free.fr>,
> F8BOE  <f8boe@bluemail.ch> wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>As I didn't want to waste my time with a silly test message on an empty
>>forum, I decided to head up finding people who are using these computer
>>toys.
> 
> They are toys, but they are also being used daily in industrial
> applications. The compute board is testament to that.
> 
>>I have a RPi2 lying here and doing nothing but taking dust... Many
>>projects are described and that's really cool... But as for the OS,
>>sorry, Ubuntu Mate is overbloated with useless things, but works out of
>>the box, even WPA access to hidden WLAN APs with SSIDs! Openelec and
>>OSmc are unable to automatically detect any UPnP/DAAP server (bonjour
>>activated on it) on the network, the other 2 ones are only time wasting
>>tricky-tweaky ditros that run well on on Intel/AMD based hardware, but
>>only devellopped for ARM V6 and not yet for ARM V7...
>>
>>A little bit frustrating isn't it?
> 
> Not really.
> 
>>So I hoped getting an easy tune up with Raspbian... Not even able to get
>>the USB WLAN dongle that came with the RPi2, work correctly, as it
>>worked out of the box under Ubuntu...

Wifi worked fine on min with a generic Wifi dongle.
did you use a raspian image or Noobs?

>> And to get the full HD video
>>support you have to pay extra bucks for the driver??? No sorry that's
>>too much for me. I'm the uncomplaining and coolkeeping one but there are
>>limits!!!
> 
> No idea what you're on about. My Pi's play full HD video without paying
> for any extra codecs/drivers. There are additional codecs you can
> purchase but for playing HD you don't need them.

Although I guess that @ over 10% of the cost of the board  (~£3.00 for 
both)they are a little expensive ;-)

> 
>>OK NAS4Free is a good and simple project to make a little NAS with some
>>complementary features, out of a RPi or an ODROID. But don't expect
>>lightning performances.
>>
>>The RPi or even the RPi2 as a full featured computer... You can forget
>>it! The RPi2 with Ubuntu Mate is slower than my P III 800MHz 512MB RAM
>>(Dell GX110) running Mageia... OK wrong example... Perhaps.
> 
> The Pi wasn't really designed as a desktop replacement, although I know
> some people who are succesfully using it as just that. It's a little
> stand-alone computer capable of doing what's neccessarry to allow what
> it was designed for - to teach software/program development. Everything
> else is a bonus.
> 
>>Another way to make it usefull: CUPS printserver, SaneD scanning server.
> 
> I'm using them to control ovens, fridges, laser cutters and I've helped
> others to use them to control robots, cars, helicopters, telephone
> systems, home automation, chicken farm automation (100,000 chickens)
> Limited only by your imagination.
> 
> Gordon





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It isn't easy being a Friday kind of person in a Monday kind of world.

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Anybody out there? F8BOE <f8boe@bluemail.ch> - 2015-09-16 10:20 +0200
  Re: Anybody out there? Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-09-16 08:40 +0000
  Re: Anybody out there? David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-09-16 09:51 +0100
    Re: Anybody out there? Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2015-09-16 20:12 +0100
  Re: Anybody out there? Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2015-09-16 09:26 +0000
    Re: Anybody out there? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-16 11:46 +0000
      Re: Anybody out there? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 11:18 -0400
        Re: Anybody out there? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-16 17:39 +0000
          Re: Anybody out there? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 13:52 -0400
            Re: Anybody out there? Björn Lundin <b.f.lundin@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 20:58 +0200
              Re: Anybody out there? Stefan Enzinger <mindoms@aon.at> - 2015-09-18 00:32 +0200
              Re: Anybody out there? druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-09-18 09:30 +0100
  Re: Anybody out there? Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> - 2015-09-16 14:12 +0200
    Re: Anybody out there? Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-16 16:02 +0100
    Re: Anybody out there? mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-16 17:58 +0100
      Re: Anybody out there? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 13:56 -0400
  Re: Anybody out there? Norbert Möndjen <n.moendjen@vodafone.de> - 2015-09-18 19:45 +0200
    Re: Anybody out there? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-18 19:31 +0100
      Re: Anybody out there? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 15:13 -0400
        Re: Anybody out there? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-18 22:05 +0100
          Re: Anybody out there? Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2015-09-18 16:49 -0500
          Re: Anybody out there? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-18 22:40 +0000
          Re: Anybody out there? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-09-18 22:29 -0400
            Re: Anybody out there? David James <david@tcs01.demon.co.uk> - 2015-09-21 23:12 +0000
              Re: Anybody out there? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-09-21 19:42 -0400
                Re: Anybody out there? David James <david@tcs01.demon.co.uk> - 2015-09-21 23:53 +0000
        Re: Anybody out there? Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2015-09-18 16:49 -0500
          Re: Anybody out there? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-19 11:35 -0400
            Re: Anybody out there? Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2015-09-19 19:51 +0300
              Re: Anybody out there? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-19 13:10 -0400
                Re: Anybody out there? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-20 10:07 +0100
            Re: Anybody out there? Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2015-09-19 17:37 +0000
              Re: Anybody out there? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-19 14:31 -0400
                Re: Anybody out there? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-09-19 23:09 -0400
                Re: Anybody out there? jeffj@panix.com (Jeff Jonas) - 2015-10-11 00:21 -0400
                Re: Anybody out there? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-11 12:09 -0400
            Re: Anybody out there? Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2015-09-19 14:35 -0500
            Re: Anybody out there? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-20 10:05 +0100
              Re: Anybody out there? mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-20 10:56 +0100
              Re: Anybody out there? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-09-20 10:31 -0400
                Re: Anybody out there? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-20 11:12 -0400
                Re: Anybody out there? jake <jake@127.0.0.1> - 2015-09-28 18:28 +0100
                Re: Anybody out there? Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2015-09-28 20:33 +0100
                Re: Anybody out there? Paul <paul@pcserviceselectronics.co.uk> - 2015-09-20 17:15 +0100

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