Raspberry Pi is here!

Post by **Gayno** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:48 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17190918

Good luck getting one though, selling like hot cakes!

Post by **indigolemon** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:03 pm

I might be tempted. Will wait and see what other people achieve with them

Post by **Pushki** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:08 pm

Gayno wrote:selling like hot cakes!

Shouldn't that be "selling like hot raspberry pies"?

Post by **Ammo** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:24 pm

Interesting

PC for £22, could be good for CarPC's and MediaPC's

JayJay · Post by **JayJay** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:09 pm

^ good point.

Post by **Vtecmec** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:47 pm

At last.

These are perfect for a car PC, XBMC already runs on it and it has full HD capability.

JayJay · Post by **JayJay** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:03 pm

I haven't really looked in to it, but is the OS (Linux) stored on a little flash drive on it? May need a bit of work and a seriously cut down version of XP to run the CarPC frontends smoothly. Or are there any that already run on Linux?

Post by **Vtecmec** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:11 pm

That's right linux booting off an SD card. It won't run windows, but if you have a look on the forums, there are thousands of people with planned projects, it won't be too long until someone smart comes up with the goods.

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:33 pm

Pushki wrote:
Gayno wrote:selling like hot cakes!
Shouldn't that be "selling like hot raspberry pies"?

Post by **Gayno** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:43 pm

Vtecmec wrote:That's right linux booting off an SD card. It won't run windows, but if you have a look on the forums, there are thousands of people with planned projects, it won't be too long until someone smart comes up with the goods.

Yeah, think I may get me on to have a play with. For £22 you really can't go wrong!!