[ale] Raspberry Pi

[arxaaron]

On 2012/05/30, at 14:01 , Jim Kinney wrote:

> redsleeve.
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> I AM impressed!

Must be the _REAL_ bleeding edge distro... :-)

>
> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Brian MacLeod <nym.bnm at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
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> On 5/24/12 12:55 PM, JD wrote:
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> > The issue right now with Raspberry PI devices is extremely limited
> > availability. Order today for shipping .... when - 2013?  Sure,
> > they should be able to do more than just playback video and there
> > should be a market where F/LOSS projects thrive for the R-Pi - at
> > some point.  Hopefully, someone here will know the shipping
> > dates/delays. Also, the Pi might be sold for $25, but I'd read
> > that after shipping and tax it was more list $85 ea to the USA.
> > Without a PSU or case.
>
>
> There were some problems with the ordering sites initially leading to
> ridiculous shipping numbers throughout the world.  I can tell you for
> sure, now that I received my Raspberry Pi, it cost me $42.40 for
> device, tax, and shipping total.
>
> Element14 and RS Components are both slogging through the backlog.  I
> expect sometime in around October-ish that they may finally be able to
> open up ordering for near term (normal shipping) delivery, but that's
> based on what numbers they have released so far and the production
> ramp up estimates.
>
> And for those considering the device, know that your current OS
> options are:
> Debian 6
> Arch Linux
> Fedora 14
> Fedora 17 (real soon now, the ARM platform is still Beta for a bit)
> RedSleeve Enterprise Linux 6 (alpha-ish quality)
>
> Yep, someone respun RHEL for ARM.  It is supposed to work on several
> devices (SheevaPlugs, DreamPlugs, SolidRun CuBox, etc) and I will be
> making an attempt of running it RSN on the Pi.
>
>
> Brian