[GRLUG] Raspberry Pi Question

[Lijewski, Scott A]

1.  Should be a shorter wait than that.  There was a recent news item that they have been increasing production.

2.  It can handle 1080p fine but it doesn't come with a remote so you'll have to do something to control it from a couch.  By default the Debian distros boot into a command line.

3.  Raspbian and arm Debian both come with OpenBox and a lightweight web browser (which is quite a bit slower than a normal desktop).  Raspbian is faster as it takes advantage of the pi's floating point hardware.  There is also a xbmc image in beta which is more suited for a media player.

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On Jul 26, 2012, at 9:15 PM, "Jonathan Jesse" <jjesse at gmail.com<mailto:jjesse at gmail.com>> wrote:

Question to the group... I was getting caught up on Triangulation (one of the netcasts on the TWiT network) and they were interviewing the guy behind the raspberry pi...  A couple of questions sparked my intrest

1.  From the RS Components webpage: http://www.alliedelec.com/lp/120626raso/?cm_mmc=Offline-Referral-_-Electronics-_-RaspberryPi-201203-_-World-Selector-Page it shows 12 weeks for shipping.  Is this really the case and also the only place to order it?

2.  There is an HDMI connection so can I use the $35 device instead of the $85+ Roku device and achive the goal of streaming Netflix and or Amazon video through or is something not currently possible?

3.  They mentioned a Debian based installer, does that provide a GUI to the device or just a shell you do everything through?
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