Hi all, I was asked off list to expand on my previous email. I've not written anything about Puppet yet, but I wrote a brief post about the potential use of Raspberry Pi here:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/107090347156325880485/posts/T3AZKd3H5gm I think it could be quite a powerful little board - comments appreciated. Cheers, Joseph On 5 March 2012 14:29, Joseph Reeves <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Brian, > > I see you've got a number of replies already, but I thought I'd chime > in briefly. My original thought would be to use a Ubuntu desktop on > every machine you're running (and to provide virtual machines to any > guests or visitors you might have) and run the standard HOT tools from > that. For system management and deployment I would use Puppet; I've > used it extensively and am a big fan, Wikipedia have also made a > recent noise about their use of it. > > I've pre-ordered a Raspberry Pi and will be testing it by network > booting a Ubuntu image with the standard HOT tools. The goals of the > Raspberry Pi foundation are potentially very relevant to HOT and I > look forward to seeing how low cost, low resources, computing may > impact OSM creation and dissemination. > > > All best, Joseph > > > > On 25 February 2012 02:56, Brian Wolford <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey Hi Ho, >> >> This is mostly an exploratory email looking for ideas. >> I am helping to put a wish list together for a "living lab" in Haiti. >> Specifically for the communities of Site Soley. >> I want to put out some ideas of what would be good so I can get some others >> thoughts suggestions back. >> Ideally this space will be used as a center where communication and >> information technology can be accessed, as well as a public education, >> exhibition space. >> >> Thoughts on equipment: >> -There are plenty of Garmin etrex at disposal already >> >> -Perhaps android phones would be a good investment. These allow for use as >> GPS, digital camera, video, and internet access ($20 a month for unlimited >> 3g wireless that can be shared with 5 devices). How confident do people feel >> with this move. This allows for one device to fill the role of a couple >> devices that would otherwise need to have been purchased. Suggestions on >> models if yes? >> >> -Digital cameras. Redundant with android phones? >> >> -Flip cams. >> >> Computers >> -5ish new laptops. Ideas on type, OS, proctoring, ect. >> Is anyone out there knowledgeable in creating system images and applying >> them to computers. Getting computers set up is a major obstacle for most OSM >> projects, as wel as recovering funked up computers. It would be nice to have >> a standard OSM mapping OS image, especially if it was hardware independent. >> >> -1 mac computer station for editing videos. Are Macs still necessary for >> doing this well? >> >> -Projector. For educations as well as exhibition-ing video projects. >> indoor/outdoor. >> >> -Printer. We have plenty of letter size printers around. I think it would be >> cool to print things like community newsletters if possible. So that needs >> larger size, ability to print large quantities, and hopefully not >> costly maintenance. >> >> -Internet connection. I am tempted to push toward just using 3g in USB keys >> or phones USB plugged to computers, and then using a comuter with wifi >> sharing to create a network. It is allot cheaper and just as fast as most >> other options. And more flexible. >> >> -Pelican Cases for storage and security. >> >> Hopefully some of you guys have some ideas, models, specifications, or >> missing equipment to suggest. I look forward to your input. >> And I will send out a version of this email to talk-ht in the next couple >> days as well. >> >> -brian >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
