Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Sat Jun 2 22:54:42 CDT 2012
Absolutely, which is why I'm longing for one so I can switch to an open device. Other (open) plug machines are great, but all pricier than RasPI. I just happened to get the pogo plug for $40 at a sale, so i bought a few, but now I've bricked one and the remaining one I'll be reverting to its former closed firmware, turning it back into a simple private cloud storage device, which is still really cool. Hans On 2012-06-02, at 4:44 PM, jwcolby wrote: > >>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> >>>> >>> >>> > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com