[ale] Raspberry Pi

[Scott Castaline]

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On 05/30/2012 06:19 PM, arxaaron wrote:
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> On 2012/05/30, at 14:01 , Jim Kinney wrote:
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>> redsleeve.
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>> I AM impressed!
> 
> Must be the _REAL_ bleeding edge distro... :-)
> 
More like "Slice & Dice!"
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>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Brian MacLeod
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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
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