I love how people online keep asking if the RaspberryPi can run Windows, the answer is always nope! A few people have been panning it's lack of horsepower making comparisons with the OLPC. Complaining that it does not come with a keyboard/mouse/monitor so isn't that cheap etc. Personally I think it is a neat bit of kit, and as a teaching tool for programming and hobbying looks perfect. Seems that a few others now exist as well such as the beagleboard.
What interests me is the idea I saw some time back of running hundreds of ARM based servers using something like OpenStack to provide a low-cost,low-power clound/cluster/vm etc. It looks like someone is working on a XBMC build for the Pi http://www.raspbmc.com/ Simon Vass Managing Director E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 email: [email protected] skype: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 6 March, 2012 10:57:17 AM Subject: Re: [LUG] Ubuntu launches TV True, true. Ubuntu on a TV set is an interesting thought, although Ubuntu on smartphones appeal more to me. Are there any TV sets capable of running Ubuntu today? Many—if not most—"smart" TVs do run some kind of Linux today, so reflashing with a different distro isn't too unfeasible. In theory. I suppose one could effectively "build" a Ubuntu TV by opening up a regular TV and find a way to mount a Raspberry Pi or similar inside. It would still require some firmware modifications if one is adamant about the system being absolutely seamless in operation, but still a totally possible thing to do. Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote: But what is not OT is http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/tv Simon Vass Managing Director E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 email: [email protected] skype: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle Spencer" <[email protected]> To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 6 March, 2012 10:43:35 AM Subject: Re: [LUG] Apple launches TV This is pretty off-topic. On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 5:17 AM, Grace T < [email protected] > wrote: Apple is set to release a new product soon (Google is not my friend especially when am using a dumb android ) Speculators ha ve pointed to an ipad 3, iPhone 5 My money is on Apple tv (and I stand to lose $50 - but after learning a few things from wall street I did hedge my bet with a game of billiards, and golf - where my chances of losing are close to nil) Ofcourse I might be wrong ( like on Saturday when I lost $80 to a fake arsenal team) The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] / Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug / The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). 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