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Dave_G · Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 459

That "Google" box looks promising, however can one install another ARM
based distro on there and are there drivers available for that distro?

There seems to be at least 2 versions of that box, namely the one featured above
then another one with VGA output as well as an RF connector which I assume
is for wifi.

I'm a bit skeptical in buying these "no name" brands as I've burnt my fingers
before when I bought an ARM based board which also had USB, VGA, Ethernet,
and came with a cut-down version of Qt.
It even had a small 5 or 6" touch screen all for $100
Well the OS (what ever it was) was pathetic with hardly anything of use installed,
could not sudo as didn't know the password and contacting the manufactures
was like talking to a brick wall.
I forget the name but will look it up.

I gave the thing away and as far as I know it's sitting in someones shed
or the rubbish heap by now.

I don't think the Pi is perfect but at least there is heaps of support.

Rant of the day over, normal service will now resume. Smile

Lobster · Posted: Fri 27 Apr 2012, 05:23 Post subject:

Dave_G · Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 459

Lobster

+1

I've learnt my lesson with the other ARM board.
I'm sticking with the Pi.

antiloquax · Joined: 27 Jan 2012 Posts: 405

kooliepup · Posted: Fri 27 Apr 2012, 17:39 Post subject:

Lobster · Posted: Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:34 Post subject:

I got a bit overwhelmed yesterday Embarassed

I have compiled maybe 5 programs on Linux.
I found it difficult. The simpler the program. The easier.

Yesterday I tried compiling Xdialog, which is needed by mtpaint snapshot used in Slacko which antiloquax mentioned.
GTK+ is needed and I could not find the ARM deb - it may not be available.
I did install a lib file but got into all kinds of difficulties. Rolling Eyes

So glad you smarter guys are coming to the Pi party . . .

Meanwhile . . . the good news is xcowsay is available as an ARM deb
Once the sound driver is more developed
- we are talking lobsters and cows and . . . and . . .
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=429491#429491

Wink

Lobster · Posted: Sat 28 Apr 2012, 05:26 Post subject:

For a balanced diet
Bacon (Basic to C convertor) is easily available
and runnable on the Pi
http://raspberrypy.tumblr.com/post/21968481370/lobster-here-what-is-a-balanced-diet

Dave_G · Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 459

Lobster

That is good news that BaCon will run on the Pi.
Which version did you try? (I assume the bash one has the most chance of working).

Did you also try writing a GUI app which makes use of hug.bac ?
For example this one:
http://www.basic-converter.org/clock.bac.html
screen shot here:
http://www.basic-converter.org/clock.jpg

EDIT:

OK went to the link you provided and it has answered my first question.

Flash · Posted: Sat 28 Apr 2012, 10:22 Post subject:

Here are two articles about the Raspberry Pi board, one with pictures of the board.
http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/raspberry-pi-unboxing/6359727?seq=2&tag=content;siu-container#photopaging
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/10-coolest-uses-for-the-raspberry-pi/505?tag=nl.e010

Lobster · Posted: Sat 28 Apr 2012, 11:21 Post subject:

Dave_G · Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 459

Lobster wrote:

sickgut · Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 11:21 Post subject:

Dave_G · Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 459

A very good point sickgut.
I had forgotten that the Pi has no RTC but it surely must show something
even if it's the wrong time and date.
(maybe it uses NTP time servers? like many routers do).

Even though it does not have a RTC, surely it must still have a timer else
things like sleep in scripts and int usleep(useconds_t usec); in C would not work.

Lobster, what do you get if you run this script?

# ===========================
#!/bin/sh
TheTime=`date "+%s"`
echo "Hello........"
sleep 4
echo "4 seconds have elapsed.\n"
echo $TheTime
# ===========================

Lobster · Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 14:12 Post subject:

Dave_G · Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 459

Hi Lobster

Great news about the GUI apps and the time/date.
The only disadvantage of course is if one is not connected to the net,
I assume the date and time would be wrong.

Did the twitter one work properly?
I don't mean the actual app, I mean logging in to Twitter?
I tried it several months ago (on my Puppy machine) and could not get it
to "sign in" into Twitter.
I emailed Peter and he said that he was aware of it as Twitter had changed the log-in requirements after that app was written.
Perhaps he has updated it since then.

As regards the compiling of the apps, yes it is slow even on my PC but once
compiled, the apps load very quickly like you say.
The main delay in the compile process is the actual bacon script.
By using the "compiled" version of BaCon, it would go much faster but
I doubt it would work as it's probably for the x86, unless an ARM port
is available.