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I first heard about this project a couple of weeks ago http://www.raspberrypi.org/

It looks very interesting as I am hopeful the board could be used as the base for a media player as it has all the correct ports.

Not sure what software could be used for this purpose, something Linux based or maybe more of a firmware/dashboard something similar to X360, PS3 or XBMC.

And best of all the Raspberry Pi has been developed in the UK.

When the board goes on sale it will about $35 or £21-£22 depending on exchange rates.

Andy

Looks interesting, never heard of them before. I'll have to get my thinking cap on as to what it could be used for.

Thanks for sharing

Ian.

That is pretty cool.

From what I can make out these should be able to run XBMC-Live, not sure with them only having 256MB of RAM, although I guess that could be doubled with the use of a swap file.

I may take a punt on one when they are released.

Andy

The good folks over at Raspberrypi have put 10 numbered beta boards on eBay as a way of making a little extra cash, don't forget Raspberrypi is a charity.

Now the idea is that some people collect such things, pre-production and such like.

Here is a link to the auction for board #10 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180786734741?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649#ht_500wt_1413



Andy

My favourite is the twitter comment that someone should bid £3141.59 for it.

This may be of interest.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14341410/2011-12-26-100700.ogv

Be patient with this link it takes a while to load, well at least it does for me, if XBMC works on the Pi it will solve a lot of problems for me.

Andy

Yeah, that's definatly a thread I need to keep an eye on.
A Raspberry Pi, a media remote and we are good to go.

I really can't wait to get my hands on a Raspi, it has been said that they are to produce cases for the Raspi.

Andy

Raspi's are now in production, the first batch should be with us soon.

XBMC running on the Pi http://www.raspberrypi.org/ second post, you can't miss it!!

Yeah, that's definatly a thread I need to keep an eye on.
A Raspberry Pi, a media remote and we are good to go.

Not forgetting "there's an app for that" iOS and 'Droid, use your phone or tablet as the remote.

Andy