jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sat Jun 2 18:44:05 CDT 2012
>>It's quite easy to brick, I found. That will be a Pi advantage, impossible to brick. John W. Colby Colby Consulting Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it On 6/2/2012 4:11 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen wrote: > Btw, the server I mentioned I was using is a Pogoplug (v2) with an ARMv5te > (ARM9) cpu and 256 mb ram, whereas RasPi has an ARM11 cpu. Plus it also > does video output, while the pogoplug is just a box with usb ports and an > ethernet port. It's quite easy to brick, I found. > > Hans > > > > > > On 2 June 2012 13:03, Hans-Christian Andersen<hans.andersen at phulse.com>wrote: > >> >> I've been running a server with far less CPU power and the same amount of >> memory just fine for all my home needs. Media server, file server, web >> server, time server, etc. The essential linux apps are tightly coded. Linux >> is very lean and fast in of itself. It's when you are dealing with desktop >> applications that you start to see bloat. I would not suggest installing a >> desktop on the RasPI, unless you go for something very minimalist like XFCE >> or OpenBox or, even better, Xmonad. (I really wish the Crunchbang distro >> would run on ARM!) >> >> But, personally, I would avoid all that GUI stuff. Using a command line is >> far superior anyhow. >> >> Hans >> >> >> >> On 2 June 2012 07:10, jwcolby<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: >> >>> I have read a lot of "it's too slow" comments from the (PC using) press, >>> and I expect that is true. The general consensus is that it is the >>> equivalent of a 1995 PC, in terms of processing power and memory. However >>> it has an outsized video processor. If that video processor can be put to >>> work as a general processor then we could have some awesome applications. >>> Likewise, throw a small SSD on a usb port and you have an instant, pretty >>> fast, pretty large storage. >>> >>> What I expect to really happen is the Linux community to rally and bring >>> back the tightly coded apps that used to be so common on Linux. This thing >>> only has 256 Megs of RAM with no RAM expansion possible so what ya get is >>> what ya get. However there is a huge community building as we speak. My >>> hope is that something like the old Commodore 64 happens - huge sales, >>> rabid fan base, lots of apps, lots of fun. >>> >>> John W. Colby >>> Colby Consulting >>> >>> Reality is what refuses to go away >>> when you do not believe in it >>> >>> -- >>> AccessD mailing list >>> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/**mailman/listinfo/accessd<http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd> >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.**com<http://www.databaseadvisors.com> >>> >> >>