keep the status quo, decide later.
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Michele <[email protected]> wrote:
> At home I have a couple of Raspberry Pis that I use as servers. One is a
> headless archlinux server with git, nfs4, some cronjobs and so on, the other
> one is a raspbian sometimes used with a screen.
> I have recently started using these low-consumption devices, but there are a
> lot more than just the RPi (DreamPlug, Olinuxino...). Then there is the
> increasing trend in tablets and the much awaited ubuntu tablet (or is it out
> already?).
>
> All that to say that imo getting an ARM version closer to release so that it
> can be made swiftly available as soon as the next popular ARM-based device
> gets released might not be a stupid move. But I would not start competing
> with archlinux, which is doing a pretty good job for their Raspberry
> version, also concerning the user support on their dedicated forum.
>
> People needing a GUI might be less interested (indeed Opera is unstable,
> Dillo plain sucks, mplayer and the emulators are laggy/unstable) but I think
> it's rather a matter of being ready when the time comes. I for one have an
> automated nightly build for my own code on one of the Raspberries.
>
> That's my opinion anyways. Bye!
> Michele
>
>
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> On 17/01/2013 18:50, Wolfden wrote:
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>> After messing around with ARM, it would not hurt my feelings to put it
>> on hold or drop it. It's not ready for mainstream. The Linaro builds
>> are probably the best I have messed with and at that rate, it's terribly
>> slow. XBMC doesn't have the acceleration yet and fails miserably with
>> video files. There is no flash, so streaming music is almost impossible
>> from the web as most players are flash players.
>>
>> It's probably ok for coders that live in a terminal, but other than
>> that, it's useless.
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