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Posted: 10/16/2014 8:22:44 PM EDT
Just getting started. Very interested and happy to learn about linux!
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Sweet
Link Posted: 10/17/2014 9:38:20 AM EDT
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Awesome.  They're definitely a neat little platform to learn and develop on.  I've been thinking of getting one, but the frugal part of me says I can learn what I want to learn on an old pc I already have sitting around.
Link Posted: 10/17/2014 10:26:09 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 10/17/2014 12:25:40 PM EDT
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This is the truth.
Link Posted: 10/17/2014 3:00:21 PM EDT
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Or you could just load a vm of raspbian on your main pc
Link Posted: 10/17/2014 4:25:21 PM EDT
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Booooo! Then you can't buy 'toys.'
Link Posted: 10/17/2014 5:38:19 PM EDT
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Booooo! Then you can't buy 'toys.'
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Booooo! Then you can't buy 'toys.'

I had to buy one for a class I am taking.  

In total I spent $85.

60 for the pie.  It came in a kit with hdmi, wifi dongle, power supply, case(cheap case btw), and ad card with the os.

And $25 for keyboard and mouse.
Link Posted: 10/17/2014 9:30:17 PM EDT
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I got one.  Hooked it up, loaded the OS, shut it down....and that was it.  About 10 months ago.

I want to get an Audrino, seems more hardware-learning based.  But, I know I would get one, and fiddle with it for a day or two, and then it would sit on the shelf by the Pi and collect dust!

But....good on ya, OP!  They are a neat little way to learn *nix and programming.  Bit light on the horsepower to do much, but could be a little media server or something hooked up to a large HDD.
Link Posted: 10/17/2014 10:16:51 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 10/17/2014 10:23:38 PM EDT
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Interesting stuff.  Any recommended How-To sites, to get started?
Link Posted: 10/18/2014 1:59:36 PM EDT
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I threw mine away.   It was a piece of crap.   I went through dozens of memory cards as it would corrupt them and render them useless.   It would work fine for a few days then crap out.   I could get it to completely rebuild from a backup and be operational but it was never stable.     I have intel NUCs now that are just a little bit larger and aren't crap.   I don't have time to waste on unreliable hardware.
Link Posted: 10/22/2014 2:40:25 PM EDT
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http://hanzerik.no-ip.org/

General Info
Hostname Hanzerik-RPi-Server
System Time 22 Oct 2014
12:34:28 MDT
Kernel Linux 3.12.28+
Processor ARMv6 rev 7 (v6l)
CPU Frequency 700MHz
CPU Load 0%
CPU Temperature 42.8°C
Uptime 22 days, 07:29 (hh:mm)


Mine has been going good since I bought it. I use this one as a small home server. The other one has worked well also, just need to find some time between work and family to get Slackware installed on it. Right now it has a default install of Raspbian installed on a 16g card, the other card I have is an 8g that will be used for Slackware.
Link Posted: 10/23/2014 10:32:32 AM EDT
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What browser are you able to run?
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