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25 dollar computer coming
vinceASPECT:
Yes.
I forgot to mention the earlier "USB soundcards" do not require drivers for linux. They work
out of the box. I have one working here with Tinycore and they seem to work with all
other linux distros.
well, i know that technology is a funny old industry. But would a developer go
as far as David has if he were not going to release this device for sale to the general
public. (i don't know, but i can imagine developing an entire PC on a thumb drive is no
simple matter)
Vince.
TheNewbie:
I'd love it if they came out with a $40 model that had 512 MB of RAM, and a 1GHz processor, because quite honestly, 256 MB + 700 MHz doesn't seem like enough to handle basic, everyday tasks. Plus, where does it list its *internal* storage specs? It'd be a bit stupid to ship it without storage of any kind, yet it doesn't seem to mention anything except *external* storage...
It's basically a smartphone with a USB/ethernet port, with the display, input, and classical "phone" bits stripped off. Technically speaking, you can find smartphones nowadays that have dual core 1 - 1.4 GHz and 1 GB of RAM, and a Tegra 2 or similar GPU. Of course, the price of those smartphones are at least 10x that of the Raspberry Pi computer...
vinceASPECT:
Hi,
uh the storage is a 16 gig micro SD card slot. (think so)
700 mhz on ARM is equivalent to about 1 ghz + in intel terms.
Angstrom or DEbian will run fine with this cpu and 256 ddr ram. More than
fine really. Angstrom Linux will fly with those specs.
Ubuntu will be ok if they use a cutdown fast version. Lubuntu or the many
others.
V.
curaga:
--- Quote ---700 mhz on ARM is equivalent to about 1 ghz + in intel terms.
--- End quote ---
More like 150-200 Mhz. It couldn't hold a candle to an Atom, and atoms suck.
netnomad:
i agree vinceASPECT that the specs are fine for debian or tinycore.
in my direct neighborhood, we plan some cute projects with this hardware...
i think that 700mhz on arm is sufficient...
the ram could be more, i would prefer 1GB of ram...
the main thing is that this platform reaches the market to a reasonable prize...
Eben Upton, Director of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, eben.upton@gmail.com,
the project-leader, confirmed me yesterday that it should be available at the end of this year:
"The devices should be available to the general public later in the year."
please support this device and
please don't whine and grumble around that it could be better or different.
i think it makes no sense to compare this tiny hardware with over-equipped hardware or mainframes...
on atom- or 1ghz-platforms, you can squeeze out so much vital power for almost any challenge...
... so there is much to do on a 700mhz arm!
especially tinycore proves how much we can do with limited resources, so we have to take the chance...
i'm pretty excited and some more folks, too.
all interested folks should inform and support the foundation, perhaps write an email, too.
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