Raspberry Pi

[Andy Horn]

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

[Ian]

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.

[n2o2diver]

That is pretty cool.

[Andy Horn]

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

[Andy Horn]

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

[DunkB]

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

[Andy Horn]

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

[DunkB]

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.

[Andy Horn]

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

[Andy Horn]

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