You can flash it from a Mac without many problems (my main machine is a 2008 Macbook and I've flashed the Ben countless times with it)
-- Ruben Berenguel On Monday, April 9, 2012 at 13:27 , Stratman2 Marshall wrote: > Hi Jon, > > I have had my Ben a little while. I just got a micro sd card (2 gb). 4 buck > for the card. I have not flashed latest os yet. I'm leaving > for trip soon and have not had time. I am going to bring the Ben along. Have > usb charger. Not sure charger working properly. At least I can charge via > laptop. Will > be laptop I can use to charge it up on the trip, though could run out of > juice at airport or on plane. I got to admit that I would have gotten a cheap > linux netbook, but they almost all > don't exist. I heard Microsoft squashed them by lowering price of bundled os. > I didn't want to spend lots of $$ on tiny netbook. That is where Ben came in. > $94 via amazon for Ben is cool! > I think the updating os is a little ridiculous, though probably cool as a > learning exercise. Remembering back to days of slackware floppy > disk installation, not as bad as that! I found some ogg files on internet > archive and I suppose I can convert other sound files to that format. > As I mentioned in earlier email, I primarily will use Ben as music player and > just to experiment, in general (i.e. python, gcc etc..). > > Although most people getting Ben have linux on another machine, for me, it > kind of defeated the purpose of having to buy Ben and then get > ahold of a linux machine to updated it. That is wifi is so important. Who > cares if it is partially proprietary - at least I don't... Linux for home use > has not been big for me with owning a Mac os/x laptop and normal windoze > machine. Use linux at work. Has not worked at home for anything useful yet.... > > But, my complaints are minor considering how cool the Ben is and it is a full > fledged computer and not a cell phone you need to hack. > > > > From: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 17:01:46 +0800 > > Subject: Re: My Ben Nano probably arrives tommorow - some thoughts > > To: [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]) > > CC: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > > > Did you get your Ben? What do you think? Let us know! Welcome to the > > community! > > > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Wolfgang Spraul <[email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > Stratman2, > > > welcome and thanks for posting here. > > > First order of business: lower expectations :-) > > > > > > When you get your Ben, we should try to update the software to the > > > latest release. You are subscribed to the list now, which is > > > good. In addition for quick replies or to walk you through an > > > upgrade, I suggest the #qi-hardware channel on Freenode. > > > If you don't have an IRC client, you can try the webchat at > > > > > > http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=qi-hardware > > > > > > Cheers, and thanks for buying a Ben, > > > Wolfgang > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Qi Hardware Discussion List > > > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > > > (mailto:[email protected]) > > > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: > > > http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jon Phillips 王✳爻气 http://fabricatorz.com ✳ skype: kidproto ✳ irc: rejon > > +1.415.830.3884 (global) ✳ +86-187-1003-9974 (beijing) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qi Hardware Discussion List > > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]) > > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion > > _______________________________________________ > Qi Hardware Discussion List > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]) > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: > http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
