[GRLUG] Raspberry Pi Question

[Jonathan Jesse]

Thanks again, once again it sounds like something fun I could drop in my
bag and tinker with from whatever hotel room I'm in for that night....
Heard they are at Black Hat this week w/ about 4k of these devices for sale

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:14 PM, megadave <megadave at gmail.com> wrote:

> 1. There are two official manufacturer/distributor partners for the
> R-Pi. alliedelec is the US partner of one of those two. Lead time
> before they ship will vary.
>
> 2. You can connect R-Pi to your TV, but R-Pi does NOT run windows, so
> cannot run Netflix (I'm unsure of the requirements for amazon video)
>
> 3.  R-Pi can run X11., but whether it starts on boot or  has to be
> manually started depends on how the software is configured. The debian
> 'squeeze' that is offered does not start it on boot.
>
> For more detailed information:
>
>  Official site: (Note "where to buy" on the right site of the page)
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs
>
>  R-Pi wiki
> http://elinux.org/RaspberryPiBoard
>
>  Forums
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Jonathan Jesse <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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