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#1 2012-02-21 08:23:58
Raspberry Pi Official Topic
(I am getting tired of all the "blah and blah Official Topic"s myself, but oh well. 
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The Raspberry Pi is an awesome single-board computer that fits in your hand. It has a 700Mhz CPU (Broadcom BCM2835 with a ARM1176JZF-S core, if you are one for specifics ), 256MB of RAM, and built-in USB and 10/100 Ethernet. Those specs don't seem amazing, until you see the prices: $35 for the "Model B" (with the specs above), or $25 for the "Model A" if you are willing to make do with 1 USB port (versus 2 on the B), and no Ethernet.
Links:
Official Raspberry Pi website
Wikipedia Article
So, do you think you will get one, and if you do, what will you do with it?
(I think I will put Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" on one. 
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#7 2012-02-21 12:53:18
- Nexstudent
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What kinds of things will it be capable of with only one board and that much RAM?
I'm not big on computer techy stuff but this sounds cool.
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#8 2012-02-21 13:02:28
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fire219 wrote:
slinger wrote:
Sweet, tell us what it's like :3
I'm gonna get one too, with the classic "pay dad to buy something with the credit card of wonder" trick.
WHY CAN'T TODAY BE THURSDAY!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? D:
Lol, nice.
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#12 2012-02-21 14:03:36
- bananaman114
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I want one 
the sun still shines
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#13 2012-02-21 14:07:58
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They don't sell anything except stickers in they're store.
6418,
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#15 2012-02-21 18:14:24
- 16Skittles
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hmm... What are the chances that it would be capable of running a minecraft server? I'm sure my parents would be glad to kick the CPU and RAM usage off our main desktop... With Linux, it would run Java, so it would only be a matter of the RAM and CPU strength, neither of which I would have much hope for on a 35 dollar computer. (Although honestly that isn't far from the cost to make many computers today...)
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#16 2012-02-21 19:14:29
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16Skittles wrote:
hmm... What are the chances that it would be capable of running a minecraft server? I'm sure my parents would be glad to kick the CPU and RAM usage off our main desktop... With Linux, it would run Java, so it would only be a matter of the RAM and CPU strength, neither of which I would have much hope for on a 35 dollar computer. (Although honestly that isn't far from the cost to make many computers today...)
Very iffy. I have a friend who runs a server on a Pentium II laptop with 192MB of RAM, so the RAM is probably (KEYWORD: PROBABLY) enough if you use a Linux distro without a GUI, have a very simple map, and not many more than 1 or 2 players on at a time. The CPU might be enough (the performance of it is roughly equivalent to a Pentium II), but it might not (it is a smartphone CPU after all, and not a particularly high-end one at that).
It MIGHT work, but don't get your hopes up.
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#17 2012-02-21 19:18:41
- veggieman001
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Ooh, I'd love to get one of these and put something like Lubuntu on it.
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#18 2012-02-21 19:34:21
- IHeartGaming
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Any idea to make this a basic file server for my home network with a few different users to access these files in a Windows environment? I'd use one for that purpose.
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#19 2012-02-21 19:41:08
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veggieman001 wrote:
Ooh, I'd love to get one of these and put something like Lubuntu on it.
Yea!
@Iheartgaming: Same exact way as any other Linux computer. Make sure you get a Model B though. The Model A doesn't have Ethernet, and therefore can't put it on your network.
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#21 2012-02-22 01:17:24
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When I get one I will install Ubuntu on it and get Scratch.
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#25 2012-02-22 01:57:18
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Nexstudent wrote:
What kinds of things will it be capable of with only one board and that much RAM?
I'm not big on computer techy stuff but this sounds cool.
If anything, the Scratch Website. Well, maybe not something that big. But a web-server will work. A small Minecraft server (2-3 people I think, so good for LAN/Private servers) would work on it.
It'll probably do almost anything a normal computer can. That's the point of Raspberry Pi. Is to be a small and cheap computer. It'll be able to do more than any iPhones, etc.
Maybe instead of asking what it can do, ask what it can't. 
slinger: Scratch takes around 45MB RAM, maybe 50MB at most. It really depends on how many variables/sprites/costumes/sounds/etc are in it. Since whenever you load the media, it takes up RAM (which is why Minecraft takes 512+MB RAM, cause of so many cubes/chunks).
Though almost all projects take less than 45MB RAM (I'm rounding really high up though, on my computer I usually see like 27MBish, but eh).
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