The Official RaspberryPi Thread

[mh348]

Can someone please suggest a SD Card, I basically just need to know which Class would be better...

[Fudzy]

I gotta 16gb Verbatim Class 10 HDSC card from Incredible for R199

There is a list of them here:

http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeriph...rking_SD_Cards

[ld13]

I gotta 16gb Verbatim Class 10 HDSC card from Incredible for R199
There is a list of them here:
http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeriph...rking_SD_Cards

Incredible Corruption? No man. I would rather shop around first and try to support someone else that might give me a better price... Loot eg. got a few supported cards in stock - currently eying the 32GB SDHC Class 10 for ~R279.

[marine1]

Guys not sure if this is the right place to ask, I know very little about this hardware trying to learn.
So basically it is a small device that acts like a mini pc, what software is it able to run? Linux?
Would it run on the SD card?

I see it does not have WIFI, is that correct?
Would be nice to use it as a media player

[Fudzy]

Guys not sure if this is the right place to ask, I know very little about this hardware trying to learn.
So basically it is a small device that acts like a mini pc, what software is it able to run? Linux?
Would it run on the SD card?

I see it does not have WIFI, is that correct?
Would be nice to use it as a media player

Nope, though you get quite cheap wifi usb dongles.

[Fudzy]

Incredible Corruption? No man. I would rather shop around first and try to support someone else that might give me a better price... Loot eg. got a few supported cards in stock - currently eying the 32GB SDHC Class 10 for ~R279.

I was impatient and I get eBucks... At least that's how I justified it

[ld13]

I was impatient and I get eBucks... At least that's how I justified it

Ha, I know the feeling

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Any idea if it will be possible to fit one of these boards into the underside of a monitor base? I guess it depends on the height, but basically something this size:

[ld13]

Any idea if it will be possible to fit one of these boards into the underside of a monitor base? I guess it depends on the height, but basically something this size:

How much space do you have beneath your monitor?

From the Raspberry Pi site:

The Raspberry Pi measures 85.60mm x 53.98mm x 17mm, with a little overlap for the SD card and connectors which project over the edges.

[bekdik]

Official image based on Raspbian, the hard-float optimised port of the Debian operating system for the Raspberry Pi

Raspbian is so much faster than the images we’ve been using so far, and we’re really excited about it; we’ll be encouraging all of you Raspberry Pi owners to upgrade to it as soon as it’s available on our downloads page.

I've been playing with config file to overclock, runs much better at 850, without voltage change.

[gregmcc]

Raspberry Pi sales limits lifted

http://www.reghardware.com/2012/07/1...limits_lifted/

"As of this morning, you’ll be able to buy as many Raspberry Pis as you want from both RS Components and Element 14," the Foundation said.

Pffft - still waiting for mine!

[Bar0n]

Nope, though you get quite cheap wifi usb dongles.

IIRC, the Raspberry Pi won't be able to power it, so you'll also need a powered hub.

[creeper]

I want to plug in my iBurst USB to my Pi, link it to my wireless basestation and create a permanent internet connection. Anyone know how to install Iburst drivers on Debian Pi OS and creating a startup script to log onto the iburst if it is accidentally switched off?

[wily me]

IIRC, the Raspberry Pi won't be able to power it, so you'll also need a powered hub.

Apparently there is a simple mod to allow the Pi USB to power devices?

[maeztro]

Just got mine this morning. Starting to source the peripherals. SD card and power sorted. Now looking for the rest.