$35 Raspberry Pi computer

[Kaito]

Anyone played with on of these? I guess they have been around for
awhile. Could not resist, mine is on the way. I bought it off amazon.

Quick description:




Great description and usage demo

[Warfire]

I have two, I use one as a media centre running a version of XBMC, RaspBMC, and one as a paperweight :)

[Kelbie]

What will they think of next...

[Picard]

LOL @ paperweight.

[Kaito]

nice heha - what was the paper weight initially intended for ?

[Warfire]

Being a general purpose linux box - but I have a considerably more powerful Genesi Smarttop which I use for my Linuxing needs so it didn't find a place. I had intended it to be a backup VPN end point, backup SSH tunnel etc but I put those roles on my Windows 8 "server" and didn't really need it. It's there for when I want to try something :) They've been out in the UK for months so it's been dormant for nearly a year.

[Kaito]

Interesting, cant find the Smarttop retail anymore I guess...
i got the RasPi to keep me busy for a bit until this gets
easier to get my hands on.

http://www.genesi-tech.com/products/efika

The Efika MX Smarttop is a cloud
computer with the following specifications:

Freescale i.MX515 (ARM Cortex-A8 800MHz)
3D Graphics Processing Unit
WXGA display support (HDMI)
Multi-format High-Definition hardware video decoder
512MB RAM
8GB Internal SSD
10/100Mbit/s Ethernet
802.11 b/g/n WiFi
SDHC card reader
2x USB 2.0 ports
Audio jacks for headset
Built-in speaker
Size: 160x115x20mm
Weight: 250 grams

[Warfire]

No, sadly not. There was big hope that the Smarttop would get refreshed with the new MX535 chip (if you google enough you'll find me asking when it was due as I decided to buy a few days after it was announced) but it never materialised. Now the MX515 shows some age and as it struggles with 1080p it has all but ceased production.

UK bound, NewIT do a great range of products but no Genesi gear currently. http://www.newit.co.uk/shop/categories.php I have no idea who is worth dealing with US bound.

[Kaito]

Was not using it so I broke down and put the OpenELEC Mediacenter disc image on it.
It works well with a powered external usb drive.





I think I want the SolidRun HummingBoard-i2eX