[AccessD] Raspberry Pi

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.
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> Hans
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> On 2 June 2012 13:03, Hans-Christian Andersen<hans.andersen at phulse.com>wrote:
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>> 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
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>> On 2 June 2012 07:10, jwcolby<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>  wrote:
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>>> 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
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