Hey guys,
My dad got a raspberry pi two years ago and gave be it to me recently since it was lying around collecting dust. I've seen some cool OS's for PI, but which is your guys favorite and for what reason?
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Download noobs from the official site and try them all if you have big enough sd card. I use rasbmc becouse i only use it for watching movies and series. Rasbian is good for browsing and games but is a bit slow for my taste.
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I own two Pis. One with RaspBMC and the other Raspian.
RaspBMC is for Anime, Series, Movies, torrenting with Transmission and network share with NFS and Samba.
Raspbian is a webserver with Nginx, PHP, Memcached and MySQL, and a DNS Caching Server for my network.
Im currently running XBIAN on mine for multimedia streaming. I will probably go to raspbian for the next pi I get since i will be using it to control my Saltwater reef tank
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Raspbian + OpenElec + RetroPie
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Raspian Pidora
I purchased 3 Raspberry Pi Model B from Micro Center in Houston, TX. I use pwnpi for the first box then pidora for the second box and last is retropie. I mainly use pwnpi for my penetration testing and studying for my Certified Ethical Hacker (CEHv8) exam. Pidora OS was the first I installed when I bought the RPi and used it to learn as much about XFCE as I could. Retropie was mainly set up for my emulators and the operating system dedicated to mainly gaming.
I hate Raspbian, I am using a webserver but i get by PHP pages (with HTML content), just the extension a blank page.
It depends on what you want to do with it. I bought one and started playing with it in the fields of programming and electronics, so obviously I use Raspbian, since it is a comfortable Linux platform.
Related
This looks like a massive game changer! $25 pc!?
http://www.raspberrypi.org/
http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/29/25-computer-pi-quake-3/
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But can it play crisis? : D
But wow, that's like.. No money really D:
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So with the (likely) availability of this at 0600 GMT tomorrow, what are you going to do with it when yours arrives?
Interesting, but the poor quality of the datasheet greatly limits its uselessness. Also the main CPU is pretty weak.
A BeagleBone ($90) can do far more, and a PandaBoard ($180) is as powerful as a GNex. Both have far better documentation for the hardware on the board.
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Interesting, but the poor quality of the datasheet greatly limits its uselessness. Also the main CPU is pretty weak.
A BeagleBone ($90) can do far more, and a PandaBoard ($180) is as powerful as a GNex. Both have far better documentation for the hardware on the board.
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Both cost alot more though
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I'm definitely getting this. Is it possible to merge them together if i buy four?
What about the Cotton Candy USB computer, up for pre order?
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i'll probably pick up one for fun
I'm thinking xbmc for my dumb tv
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I'm thinking xbmc for my dumb tv
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Need to dl moar ram for that
I've been following the Raspberry Pi for a while now, thinking of getting one and using it for a media sever or seedbox. Cheap, affordable, made for something simple, yep looks like it'll be fun
The only problem is the demand brought down both web sites that are selling the thing, and the available stock sold out in in a matter of hours. The sites are now back to normal but lead time is out to the end of April!
At least as they are being distributed through RS and Farnell, so they can now source a manufacturer capable of bashing together the required number of units fast enough. When they do turn up, they have got the infrastructure to get them out there, to those eager to gets their hands on one.
Anybody remember the delays trying to get your hands on the original Sinclair ZX80? Showing my age here, I'm afraid.
It looks like a very interesting piece of work, more a solution looking for a problem. I will try to get my hands on one when the all the hoo hah dies down a bit.
Time to roll your sleeves up and brush up your Linux skills. Get a GNU ARM C compiler running on it and let the fun begin.
How will you eat yours?
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Need to dl moar ram for that
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There is a moded version of xbmc that runs great on it
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stephj said:
Anybody remember the delays trying to get your hands on the original Sinclair ZX80?
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I don't remember the delays. I just remember opening one on Christmas day and thinking "what the hell is this?" 31 years later I'm programming for a living. Thanks Sir Clive
jralabate said:
There is a moded version of xbmc that runs great on it
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OpenELEC, somewhat of a XBMC (derivat) announced for Raspberry PI, see http://raspberrymod.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=33#p33
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OpenELEC, somewhat of a XBMC (derivat) announced for Raspberry PI, see http://raspberrymod.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=33#p33
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ok now i want
Even if it's not that powerful I'm still gonna get one just for fun.
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From the FAQ:
Will it run Android?
If someone in the community can port a version of Android to work with 256MB of RAM, then it’ll run on the Raspberry Pi.
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So there's your answer: limited by 256 MB of ram. You would probably see similar performance to that of the samsung intercept . It has only 256 MB RAM on it. it even runs android 2.2!! http://www.virginmobileusa.com/cell-phones/samsung-intercept-phone.jsp
So, if anyone is willing to port android 2.2 yes, it can run android. Not very fast, but possible. Also, it will be able to run a chinese hacked version of flash that is made to run on armv6
my Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 has an ARMv6 too with 600mhz and only 168 MB RAM and i runs Gingerbread good so this little thing should do this to but i am not very familiar with this hardware so forgive mistakes ;-)
The R.Pi has same amount of ram as a Motorola backflip and its CPU is 200mhz faster then a moto backflip. I gave my lil sister my old moto backflip running cm7 2.3, so its possible to get gingerbread on the R.Pi Get that on it and I'm sold
Sup? I'm planning to start some projects for the Raspberry Pi in the spring. The project I have my eyes set on is an tablet/emulator box type thing. I would like to get a Model-B Raspberry Pi, put BerryBoot on top (so I can have a media center and an emulator box all in one), find a decent looking handheld case, have a lightweight and easy-to-install emulator distro, and finally add some controller support and a battery pack. I have always been curious about the Raspberry Pi and I think that this would be an easy and fun way to jump into the many possibilities that it comes with.
On this thread, I want to see the creativity of the tinkerers and modders here at XDA so you can post any ideas you want as long as they have to do with some warm and toasty Raspberry Pi.
Network monitoring screen.
Get a cheap TV and a Raspberry Pi and write a little script that opens a link to Nagios or Pandora monitoring page.
My mates just bought a Pi and its an interesting bit of kit. He only has XBMC running on it so far but with android on its way to working on it I'm gonna keep an eye on its progress. So I'll subscribe and follow your progress.
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mine is running xbmc with auto libary update addon and transmisson to download torrents with a script to move torrents to correct folders.
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Mine's just doing stuff at the moment.
I've bought a Pi Cobbler and and LCD Display, so I've been messing about with some GPIO stuff.
You can see a video of my display showing tweets;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOvMYoUj5dE
Hello,
I got a Raspberry Pi Rev. B and a Nexus 7.
Today I got the idea to build something like a server for the Nexus 7. For example for Miracast Server or whatever. I don't know how to call it, sry. So please give me some Ideas what I can do.
Thanks
icspower said:
Hello,
I got a Raspberry Pi Rev. B and a Nexus 7.
Today I got the idea to build something like a server for the Nexus 7. For example for Miracast Server or whatever. I don't know how to call it, sry. So please give me some Ideas what I can do.
Thanks
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Raspberry Pi's are great! Think of it as a Linux box / VPS if you are famliar with them. The first project I did was make a webcam server and host that on the Raspberry Pi's server and view it anywhere in the world! I used old hardware to do this - follow some tutorials.
You can also do other things like:
Host a Minecraft Server
Programme applications using Python
Set the Raspberry Pi up as a remote desktop / GUI
Security System
XBMC Media Center - AMAZING
The list goes on....
Good luck with your adventure.
I tried minecraft but thats too laggy :/
BTW: RPi is amazing!
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I use mine as a media center with openelec xbmc and it rocks. With cec I cam control it with my TV remote, and even those less tech inclined in my family can use it. Frig my 5 year old can work it
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I agree with running OpenELEC on it. I absolutely LOVE it, I'm using it basically as an Apple TV that's both iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac compatible. if you have any questions about how to set that up feel free to ask.
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Interesting, I've been using Openelec from the NOOBs installer from raspberrypi.org and I have been wondering how I would be able to control my pi without network connection and using xbmc from my android phone.. I'm gonna have to check out this cec..
I use mine as an OpenVPN proxy with Squid/Dante installed. Very convenient.
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Interesting, I've been using Openelec from the NOOBs installer from raspberrypi.org and I have been wondering how I would be able to control my pi without network connection and using xbmc from my android phone.. I'm gonna have to check out this cec..
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On my television(an LG), it's called simplink and all I do is press the simplink button, select the pi, which the TV calls an "HDD recorder", it connects and I can then control the basic functions using the remotes directional buttons and the play/pause/stop buttons. It's no good for more advanced functions, like the context menu, but I either use a usb mouse/keyboard for that, or my android device. If you have a network connection on your pi I highly recommend the app "yatse" for a remote. Super functional. Syncs library entries so you can browse on your phone/tablet and play direct, or stream to aforementioned devices(donate only) and about a million other cool features, nearly all of which are available on the free version.
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RaspPrint
You can also use your Pi as a Airprint Server for iOS-Devices. This could be done with Debain for the Pi and CUPS.
I bought one with the intent of running something resembling xbmc on it. Unfortunately I ran short of time due to recently becoming a dad, and it just sat there doing nothing gathering dust in its perspex case. I ended up selling it to my boss as he is a mad scale railway fanatic and was considering doing something like this (alternate pages 1 2 3) and frankly I couldn't see myself finding the time to do it anywhere in the near future.
Has anybody used it as smb server on ntfs drivers to tell us it's speeds?
maybe also media server?
Couldn't think of anywhere else to post this, however just couldn't not share this article Developer Hacks His Microwave Into The Microwave Of The Future
http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/11/raspberry-pi-microwave-hack/
"In the end, everything is a gag."
- Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)
http://esrlabs.com/android-transporter-for-the-nexus-7-and-the-raspberry-pi/'
Good if you want a two device project, or a Wii U like system on the cheap. Although BBQ Screen hopefully can get a client on the Pi going.
Car computer
icspower said:
So please give me some Ideas what I can do.
Thanks
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A car computer!
I just put a cheap radio where my CD player was but maybe go a step further...
+ plus radio tuner
+ plus gps
+ plus bluetooth
+ plus display
+ plus input for rear view camera
+ plus ???
would it be doable?
druidt said:
A car computer!
I just put a cheap radio where my CD player was but maybe go a step further...
+ plus radio tuner
+ plus gps
+ plus bluetooth
+ plus display
+ plus input for rear view camera
+ plus ???
would it be doable?
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I've seen a few projects like this. Google it
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Media server(XBMC) or even a Minecraft server are awesome uses for a rPi. Could run a small web server on it as well if you had the need for it
An house alarm controller.
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Alkyl said:
Media server(XBMC) or even a Minecraft server are awesome uses for a rPi. Could run a small web server on it as well if you had the need for it
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I had mine set up with wordpress as a dev server. Worked great for building web pages for my main page. Took that down and am running XBMC with about 30G of music and movies. Using an external 160G USB hard drive for media storage
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i use mine for some try.
I used it for apache server, for my personnal website.
Used it too for music streaming.
Mine has become a plex client boxed to the back of the bedroom tv as my escape from child
"In the end, everything is a gag."
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*Let's keep it classy here*
My favorite site that has made my chromecast worth every penny is http://www.toonamiaftermath.com
Full screen toonami goodness!
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NHL.com
Nice on the NHL.com. Personally I have only been using Netflix app (you know with the three months free and all). Lol giving my ip address a break on the pirated TV shows and movies.
Favorite Chromecasted website
It may sound boring, but I've become fond of using Wundermap (wunderground.com/wundermap/) for 65" high quality weather mapping.
So for the first couple of days we had the Chromecast, my wife kept asking "so what can we do with this thing again?". We have a Roku so this wasn't doing much for her. The next day I realized she could watch the TMZ Live webstream on the large TV. Her face lit up like a kid on Christmas... and I was even pretty impressed with the unexpected utility it offered.
So yeah. TMZ. Not exactly the XDA demographic, but what can you do?
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NFL.com + NFL Sunday Ticket
http://archive.org/details/movies
Lots of different kinds of content, available in mp4 and webm formats.
I was using http://googlecast.github.io/cast-chrome/ to cast the URL's, but that appears to be down at the moment.
I just got whitelisted so I'm going to assemble a personal solution for sending urls to the CC as a way to get acquainted with the APIs
Hello, I apologise for this I have googled and searched I find that some is possible I just would like the easiest solution if possible please.
Getting a pi.
Would like to download free torrent files.
Would like to play files (mp4 mkv etc)
And would like some sort of jukebox for my backed up music and home movies.
I would like it to download to an external HDD and also be able to play from the same external.
The pi will be connected via LAN.
I've seen some say that 2 SD cards one running xmbc and one running raspian is better?
Like I say apologies but I'm working off a mobile and not a PC.
Rich.
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Just run RaspBMC and install transmission-daemon on it. Problem solved.
I would suggest OpenELEC
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I was using both of them, but xbian is just better for me. You can get all of you ask for straight from menu xbmc.