Raspberry Pi and other SBC "Maker" board enthusiasts (rpi) group
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lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 05:28:48 EDT 
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https://youtu.be/nBtOEmUqASQ The !RasPi 5 is coming. Jeff Geerling tells us about it.
I think I like my #Orange_Pi 5 better. We’re past the point where just having the #Raspberry_Pi name was good enough. I’m also looking at a #Banana_Pi model with 4GiB of RAM, mostly as an equivalent of the RPi 4.
As you may know, there has been a long shortage of #RPi boards, enabling other #SBCs to proliferate. Also, there was an issue where they hired a former surveillance cop, then mishandled their response to the community that was justifiably concerned about it. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2023 17:43:57 EDT
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S from work is still excitedly taking about the !RasPi 0w that I sent her.
If I knew it would give her so much joy, I would have sent one years ago. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 16:56:14 EDT
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Just got an SMS. She's thrilled with the !RasPi Zero 2. I think she just upened the shipment, so she probably hasn't set it up yet. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 00:53:17 EDT
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I finally burned a couple of GNU+Linux installer ISOs to DVD-R, so now I can send S her box (includes flash drive with Ventoy and about five ISOs, a !RasPi Zero 2 kit, a keyboard and mouse for it, and those two DVDs ... #Fedora and #PCLinuxOS; I downloaded #Ubuntu, but it is bigger than the DVD's capacity). -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 22:18:24 EDT
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I wish more !RasPi type SBCs were available locally. I had an idea for running an #MQTT broker / server https://mqtt.org/software/ , but it took so long to get a #Raspberry_Pi Zero Two and an #Orange_Pi Zero Two that I've forgotten why I bought them. (More than a month for the RasPi.) -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 16-May-2023 03:25:05 EDT
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I have a !RasPi Zero that I bought together with a board that's supposed to give serial-over-USB access (and I think also give the #RasPi NAT'd network access through your laptop). That board broke during travel, so I may repurpose the SBC once I find it again. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 02-Apr-2023 02:27:46 EDT
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Star-Five's Vision-Five 2 #SBC is not competitive with #Raspberry_Pi but it shines in ways that !RasPi and similar #ARM SBCs don't. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFze0XVhHZA -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 17:55:22 EDT
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@geniusmusing The review sounds very good. I think I should add Orange Pi 5 to my "try this" list. I bought an #Orange_Pi 0, but it tends to overheat, so its utility is limited.
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lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 18:32:06 EST
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@simsa04 Let me start by asking what your nephew likes and what accessories they got besides the !RasPi. Do you know whether it is a #Raspberry_Pi 0, or 3, or 4? -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 05-Jan-2023 18:30:17 EST
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RP @simsa04: My 9 yo nephew got a Raspberry Pi for Christmas and I'm tasked by my sis – thank you for that, moron! – to give him deeper insight into the machine and what can be done with it.
I don't know why he needed one nor why his parents chose that as a gift as my nephew already writes his little Scratch programs on his laptop, but here we are. So, dear #fediverse people, please point me to guides that explain what the machine does, what kids can do with it taht makes some fun and how to do that. And also how to present the output of the thing on the display of my newphe's laptop.
Thank you in advance. !RasPi -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 21:12:04 EST
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#Risc-V based #Lichee-Pi 4A claims competitive performance with !RasPi 4B https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/12/27/lichee-pi-4a-risc-v-sbc-raspberry-pi-4-th1520-processor/ [www cnx-software com] -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 15-Dec-2022 22:41:30 EST
lnxw48a1
Speaking of #Raspberry_Pi, the supply situation looks to be improving and should be normal by the second half of 2023.
> For a variety of reasons, we leave 2022 with much better visibility of our future silicon supply chain than we entered with. As a result, we can say with confidence that, after a lean first quarter, we expect supply to recover to pre-pandemic levels in the second quarter of 2023, and to be unlimited in the second half of the year.
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/supply-chain-update-its-good-news/ !raspi
Though my near term plans involve the Libre Computer "Renegade" board https://libre.computer/products/roc-rk3328-cc/ -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 15-Dec-2022 22:28:34 EST
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Thin client PCs offered as readily available replacement for !RasPi and similar SBCs. https://nu.federati.net/url/288948 [arstechnica com] -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 08-Dec-2022 23:28:47 EST
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https://eiara.nz/posts/2022/Dec/09/a-case-study-on-raspberry-pis-incident-on-the-fediverse/ [eiara nz]
The official !RasPi account on the official #Raspberry_Pi #Mastodon instance got crossways with a lot of people today. I don't know if it will be enough to make a noticeable dent in the demand for their products, but they have definitely made some former customers consider other #SBCs instead. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 15-Aug-2022 01:27:06 EDT
lnxw48a1
I'm planning to flatten and rebuild most of my SBC fleet (multiple types of !rpi and similar devices). I intend to leave a couple of #raspi 0w devices and one #orange_pi zero device as #boinc clients. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jun-2022 00:58:11 EDT
lnxw48a1
I've been wanting to get a #BeagleBone AI for a while. I saw one for sale, so I ordered it. I can't find an MSRP, but I can guess that I paid more than that.
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lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 15-May-2022 23:11:33 EDT
lnxw48a1
I just looked at Pi 0 prices. #Raspberry_Pi 0 W is $78-$99 if you can find it. Raspberry Pi 0 2 W was even more, again if you can find it. The original 0 listed at $5.
I'm glad there's a 0W and a 0 2W waiting for me at home.
Hopefully, I still remember what I wanted them for when I get there.
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lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Apr-2022 19:22:50 EDT
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https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-m1-with-8gbyte-ram/
This is interesting. I'd like to see a comparison between the 8GiB RAM versions of the #Odroid M1 and the !RasPi 4. I don't know what the #raspberry_pi 4 lists at, but when I bought a couple, they were around the same price.
After both Iceloops and myself found our Odroid XU4 #SBCs overheating, despite coming with a fan already, I've started to wonder whether Hardkernel designs its boards too close to the limitations of the chips. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 05-Feb-2022 16:53:54 EST
lnxw48a1
A 64 bit version of the official PiOS for newer !RasPi devices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET-DJLnNX-Q
Thanks to @1iceloops123@shitposter.club for the tip. -
lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Dec-2021 23:03:41 EST
lnxw48a1
https://marksrpicluster.blogspot.com/2021/05/36tb-pi-storage-server.html
I don't know that I'd build a single storage server that size with a !raspi ... unless I was building two of them and mirroring.
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