Leds now indicating normal function (don't have a monitor with HDMI input here), ordered new SD card and keyboard/mouse, have to wait for those. Planning to try and use it to replace my big desktop server at home (less power/noise).

Tom

Don't be under any illusion that the pi is a desktop replacement, unless your desktop is 10 years old....even with 512MB and overclocking to 900 it is a slow old thing...however I got XBMC up and running on top of standard Raspbian wheeze yesterday and that thing looks slick - however, it stutters on music and video playback if you start trying to do anything else at the same time

http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/features/...entre-tutorial

The one under my desk at work is a 800 MHz P3 with 521MB , and that works fine for what it does, the one at home is more modern but doesn't need to do much more than the one under my desk (stream audio and provide file sharing, if I need more I can always turn on the other one).

Or so I hope.

Tom

Thanks!

Tom

Not anymore

Maybe they will arrive for Christmas. They are currently the best low price front-end for XBMC.

Ordered a second one from raspberrypi.rsdelivers.com nine days ago, plus some cases.

I'll let you know when that arrives.

Tom

Never mind, I got one from Ricardo (B with 512Megs)

Second one arrived today, complete with two cases, so not quite five weeks.

Tom

Haven't actually bought one yet, but I'm keeping a geeky eye on it. This looks like a good list:

http://pingbin.com/2012/12/30-cool-i...y-pi-project/#

I particularly liked the interface to all the Arduino shields (interface cards), which opens up lots of cheap interfacing projects.

Ordered another today, looks like a 1 week lead time.

Tom

From Farnell again?

No, this and the last from http://raspberrypi.rsdelivers.com/default.aspx?cl=1

Tom

Sorry - I knew it was one of the two.

I am not suggesting buying from these guys below (even for the must-have-latest-model boys), however, if you need an interface to a disk drive and a reasonable amount of memory then there are alternatives. Following that path will soon take you to the proper micro-atx systems. :-) So often the developer of an excellent idea gets taken over by other countries who can produce them cheaper or others who see a nich market. IBM and Microsoft are still going though.

There is a clone called the "cubieboard" which has a SATA port for disk access and VGA pinouts on it plus it is slightly faster with more RAM. The cubieboard is opensource designed and community funded. They have recently received their funding so will be available soon, however, it is more expensive. There are other clones too of course.

You can get Puppy linux for the Rasberry Pi.
Puppy Linux link 1

Puppy Linux link 2

Puppy Linux link 3

Ordered on the 9th, arrived this morning!

Tom

Digitec is sold out until further notice, so Amazon.de seems like best option right now as UK vendors don't ship to Switzerland.

Worth noting, a nice post in English about the Raspberry Pi:
http://www.biskotti.ch/raspberry-pi/

And CERN has been quietly running events in English/Friends aimed at both kids and adults: http://home.web.cern.ch/cern-people/...cern-call-help

re. CERN event: Great news. I wish I'd known BEFORE the event, so I could take part.

Of course UK venders ship to the UK, where do you think I've been getting mine (4, all acquired from the UK within the past six months)?

Tom

What are you doing with all of these??