Raspberry Pi update... -Tom Raspberry Pi Linux distro released, but the $35 computer faces new delays http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/03/raspberry-pi-linux-distro-released-but-the-35-computer-faces-new-delays.ars
The Raspberry Pi foundation has suffered a production setback that could delay delivery of the organization's $35 Linux computer. The manufacturer accidentally used ethernet jacks without integrated magnetics, built-in transformers that provide DC-isolation and help filter noise. The wrong jacks have been soldered to the Raspberry Pi boards and will have to be removed and replaced before the product can ship to end users. According to the foundation, the ethernet jacks are relatively easy to replace. The problem is that sourcing a sufficient quantity of the right ethernet jacks might take some time. This will be the second time that the Raspberry Pi project has suffered a minor delay due to component sourcing difficulties. ... In addition to disclosing the delay, the Raspberry Pi foundation also announced the availability of a special Fedora build that is tailored to run on the Raspberry Pi computer. The distribution, which is called the Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix, will provide a relatively complete computing environment for the low-cost ARM board. It is the Linux distribution that the foundation recommends for use on the Raspberry Pi hardware. ... ...Eben Upton explained...the latest version of the popular Ubuntu distribution will not run on the device because Ubuntu doesn't support the ARMv6 architecture, which is used by the Raspberry Pi board's ARM11 CPUs. Ubuntu's ARM port is focused on the ARMv7 architecture, which is used by Cortex-class ARM processors. _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list Hardwarehacking@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
