[GRLUG] Raspberry Pi Question

[Jonathan Jesse]

Thanks for the information, the netcast sparked lots of interest for me and
wondered exactly how I could use it

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Lijewski, Scott A <ScottL at mmcwm.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> 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-Pageit 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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