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| 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 |
| Message-ID | <mtbkr1$ud6$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <55f92636$0$3310$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <mtbckr$4mc$1@dont-email.me> |
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 -- 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
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Re: Anybody out there? Paul <paul@pcserviceselectronics.co.uk> - 2015-09-20 17:15 +0100
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