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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 17:39 +0000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <mtc9fs$j6e$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <55f92636$0$3310$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <mtbckr$4mc$1@dont-email.me> <mtbkr1$ud6$1@speranza.aioe.org> <mtc14d$lmm$1@dont-email.me> |
On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:18:21 -0400, rickman wrote: > On 9/16/2015 7:46 AM, alister wrote: >> 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 ;-) > > The CODEC fee is a license required by the developers of the CODEC and > has nothing to do with the rPi. They could have just not developed that > particular CODEC at all. You would still be able to view HD, just not > in that format. you may have missed my sarcasm, £3.00 for the licenses is a give-a-way, I have bought both for 2 of my Pi's & mey well get them for the 3rd just in case. -- The gates in my computer are AND, OR and NOT; they are not Bill.
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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
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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
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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
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Re: Anybody out there? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-20 10:07 +0100
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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
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Re: Anybody out there? Paul <paul@pcserviceselectronics.co.uk> - 2015-09-20 17:15 +0100
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