Now that the Raspberry Pi Zero is being given away for free, what's you're excuse for not trying based Linux, Winfags?
>>51593811
I don't have a subscription to that magazine and I don't want one, so it's not free for me.
>>51593836
Yea, I guess $5 is still a little much to fork over for just the pi.
So with this you could set up a 20-unit cluster for $100 ?
>>51594015
yes
By using USB to RJ-45 adapters and connecting all 20 of them
But it would just be like a poodle, it looks cute and shit but you wouldn't be able to do anything even remotely useful, except really small tasks like hosting a tiny website
>Nigs in the picture by the pizero
Makes sense
>>51594132
Do you think they use the loo?
>>51594132
what's a nig?
>>51594173
Fuck off, Rajeesh
>>51593811
It's still licensed Free as Free Time
>>51593811
I'm actually buying the CHIP, even though I already have Linoox on my Thinkpad.
>>51594207
>Butt
Man, I love how many people use that.
>>51593811
>google raspberry pi projects
>mfw 50% of raspi projects are things you'd use 8 bit 50 cent microcontrollers for
Whats wrong with these people? Using 32 bit ARM computers to make a wireless doorbell? wtf?
>>51594124
>USB to RJ-45 adapters
yea makes sense. actually i'm pretty sure these have the identical pinouts to the 2b, so I2C could be used for 5Mbps internode communications, which would be just the cost of some pins and a couple of wires between units.
Also, that would be 20 1Ghz 32bit cores to use. If nothing else it's an incredibly cheap cluster project for Uni.
>>51593811
>Fully functional Linux box
>Raspberry Pi Zero
Pick one.
>>51594274
Raspian and ArchLinuxARM both run on it anon. What's the problem?
>>51594237
BUT LOONIX
DONT YOU WANT YOUR DOORBELL TO RUN LOONIX?
>>51594282
It's pretty lacking out of the box. I mean, no internet? I get that the size makes it hard to stick an ethernet port onto it, but what about Wi-Fi? THe CHIP has it, and I woulda totally bought one if it had net, even if it was a few bucks more.
And that's why I'm buying CHIP.
>>51594282
1) Pis are hardly 'fully functional' even once you get all the necessary peripherals (like a power cord, a sd card, a network adapter, etc). You can compute (slowly) on them, I guess. They are hardly the equivalent of even good PCs from 10 years ago.
2) You need all those peripherals before you can say it's fully functional.
Look - I like pis fine, and use a few in some home projects, but calling them 'free, fully functional linux boxes' is just not anywhere close to true.
>I use GNU/Linux
>>51594226
kekd. fair enough. they're are other things valuable as well y'know?
>>51594231
>the CHIP
More details?
>>51594274
Guess what?
This 5$ computer has more resources than your average router.
>>51594335
>you're quarter's on it's way
>>51594338
http://getchip.com/
Shilling is fun. But for real, it actually looks really nice.
>>51594351
What's your point?
>>51594207
I thought Microsoft stopped supporting that distro.
>>51594237
Find me an 8-bit microcontroller either with wifi capabilities or the ability to use a wifi dongle for under $5
>>51594334
I would call any box that can run 1080p @ 60fps pretty functional. And for $5, I'd call that awesome.
>b-but muh peripherals!
Meh, I have that stuff already laying around, but yea the extra $10-12 to get a running box is fine by me even if I didn't.
>>51594361
I see. Looks pretty cool.
>>51593811
My excuse is not being able to find one of those magazines in any store anywhere. All the greedy cunts bought them when stores open and are now listing them on ebay for £50 upwards.
>>51594457
use a esp2866 m8
>>51594474
Heh. Yea, they sold out pretty much instantly. The same thing happened when the other models were introduced also. The Wales factory should have more soon I understand, then they should be available. I'd recommend and pizero/noobs card bundle when they're back anon.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/
>>51594495
>use a esp2866
So for the same cost or more than a Raspberry Pi Zero, I get an incredibly limited shitty chinese wifi module that's much harder to use for no reason whatsoever.
>adapters are now the primary cost of a godawful computer
its finally happening
>>51594634
this haha
>>51594641
haha
>>51594634
>>51594641
it started with macbooks
Remember this and blame everything upon Apple when your grandkids ask
Will this thing run KODI ok as well?
>>51593811
>you can get linux for free now !!
>what is your excuse
it's been free, what the fuck is your point, faggot ?
>>51594656
This is a good thing though
>>51594668
Pretty sure the point was about the hardware itself to run it being 'free' anon.
>>51594682
He was addressing winfags.
>>51594679
this
>10 years from now:
>"We always dreamed of driving down the costs of those expensive peripherals anon. Today we're pleased to announce SwissArmyKnife 2.0(tm)! The all-in-one power supply/wifi card/keyboard/mouse/4K connector for just $2.
>>51594660
probably since its 40% faster than the original pii
im more curious about the fact unbuntu is out for pii yet for some reason they continue work on the osmc version of kodi.
>>51594709
Fair enough.
>>51594773
I just use the OpenELEC platform itself whenever I want to use Kodi to watch movies. It super fast and so simple even my grandma could learn it.
>>51594634
>$5 computer
>$10 in cables
>$15 for peripherals
>$150 for monitor
what a time we live in
>>51594861
True. That monitor price needs to drop by a factor of 10 though.
Flexible plastic display films when?
>>51594884
they sell some touchscreen addon for much less than that.
>>51594884
i forgot to add microsd card, since the pi/zero comes with no nv storage, so you can shave a little off the monitor price there for that
>>51594861
a cheap 19" led display is 50 bucks , wtf are you smoking. And that price is new , not even used.
>>51594914
i haven't bought a monitor in years, i considered checking out current prices but didn't think it necessary for that post
>want a zero
>sold out
>local shops have in stock
>30 euros
why is this allowed
>>51594906
I meant the research going in to producing plastic rolls display tech.
>>51594912
Yea, I think they're's a bundle with the NOOBS card for $4 dollars more.
>>51594941
Now you know where not to shop anon. If you're patient the new batches will be out soon I reckon.
>>51594930
to be fair i fucked up too , since cheap monitors usually come with vga, an Hdmi display would be a bit more expensive.
>>51594941
high demand + short supply means you can set the price to whatever the fuck you feel like
>>51594975
pretty sure hdmi (is/will be) actually a cheaper tech for manufacturers to produce because the connector is much simpler. but yea.
>>51594976
>is only in demand because the low price
>lel imma buy it anyway since everyone else is
>>51594970
>>51595025
heh yea i think you're on to it anon.
Now I want to build something like this with these things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_r3z1jYHAc
Prices from Amazon. Does not include shipping costs.
>>51595787
Sweet. That's just about what I expected anon. Availability when on the zero?
>>51594861
>>51594914
This
You don't need a fucking 4K monitor for a Pi
Would it be possible to run Gig ethernet through the HDMI port?
>>51595913
Interesting. Probably not unless you hacked something together to take over the GPU (which is programmable btw).
That would be a killer-app if you did it anon. I'd build a cluster from that alone.
>>51595851
It's out now if you can find one. HDMI is pretty much worthless if you want to hook it up to a network unless you want to add a powered USB hub to the price in which case you're better off just buying a Raspberry Pi B+.
>>51596018
Why wouldn't the HDMI and networking work together anon? The HDMI is separate circuitry from the USB system IIRC.
The zero needs a bunch of adaptors to really use it
What other extremely cheap ARM computers are there? Could be a tablet, phone, computer whatever
>>51593811
My time isn't worthless.
>>51596069
It's HDMI over ethernet, not vice versa. I don't think you can use HDMI as a traditional NIC.
>>51596180My time isn't worthless.
-- 4chan user
>>51596177
Odroid C1 is the most bang for the buck, but Raspberry Pi Foundation will get longer term support.
>>51594242
Would it be possible to let a clyster communicate via the GPIO? I'd imagine it would be a lot cleaner than having x converters for y cables.
>>51596337
Yes, the GPIO has a comm buss built in already, it's called I2C. It's currently limited to 5Mbps though, and isn't likely to be updated anytime soon as it's an older protocol intended for industrial control systems like robots.
But still, if all you're doing is transferring small packets of signalling and control data it should work fine.
>>51593811
>SJW bullshit
>forced niggers
C U C K
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>>51596419
Yea, probably not the most sensible read in the world, but the hardware is interesting I admit.
>>51596477
so shit they mention minecraft
thats completely abandoned in favor of the cell phone versions.
>>51597112
Anyone would think they're marketing raspberry pi's to kids.
>>51594237
Most people can afford to pay $5 or even $50 for something they can use accessible programming environments for.
Using a micro controller is relevant when you mass produce that thing.
>>51593811
>using nignogs because omg we're so diverse
>SJW company
Yup, that's plenty excuse right there
These faggots deserve to go bankrupt and be on autism bux forever
>>51593836
even if u had a subscription it wouldn't be free. all deals and parnerships are worthy of undertanding the complex nature of netsd
>Raspberry Pi
>SJW cancer company
Nope.
Where can I buy one in Europe?
>>51597226
lol try livin in india u fucking nigger
>>51596419
>>51597343
Please sent me some marijuana guys i dont have any local dealers
>Finally, a computer for negroes!
>>51598765
Costs less than a HDMI adaptor.
You wont buy 100 of them to play with.
Never change /g/
>>51599506
What is this?
>>51599626
Arm servers aint a new idea people
>>51593811
not free if I have to subscribe to the magazine
>buy one
>buy USB hub
>attach multiple drives to hub
>cheap ass NAS
Good idea or no
>>51594361
> can't even make the website to scale properly on smartphone
Wtf. Can't see half of the content at all.
>>51594941
B&M stores have to pay for overhead
>>51598390
DESIGNATED
>>51594124
>use nerves
>write distributed neural network in elixir
>load it into a raspberry pi zero cluster
>literally just built skynet for less than $100 dollars
>>51593811
>you're excuses
no, you are excuses
>play Minecraft
>>51596177
I like this one. The PCDuino3. The reason I chose it over the Odroid was that not only does it have a SATA port, but can also boot from it. It's the only SBC that I can think of that can. The Banana Pi for example has SATA, but you still have to boot off of the SSD card.
It does cost more than a Rasberry Pi though, but it's still under $100. It's a much more powerful system too however, plus if you're interested in messing around with Arduino it's basically a cheap PC with a built in Arduino.
The Radxa Rock, Odroid, Wandboard, Hummingboard, and Cubbieboard seem worth checking out too.
>>51597343
I don't care about their politics or yours. It's all irrelevant to anything that matters in life.
I've been using my Pi2 as an emulator station (retropie) and was thinking about getting another card to run openelec.
If I have a usb wifi-dongle, could I stream video from netflix/prime using just the pi? I've heard of htpc but not really sure how it works.
http://getchip.com/
Did any of you sign up to get yours yet? Unlike the Pi Zero it comes with inbuilt storage along with wi-fi and a proper USB port.
Raspberry Pi Zero also runs Windows 10.
>>51602351
Only RPi2 does
>what's I am excuse
MagPi doesn't ship to Canada without costing a horseshit amount of money.
Pi Zero looks cool as hell though, I'll get one once the heat of it dies down and it actually costs $5 instead of the NEARLY TWENTY DOLLARS most Canadian retailers are asking
>>51594231
>CHIP
Oh... you mean that overhyped POS with 0 support and for which you need to pay $15 more for a simple HDMI port? no thanks.
It makes me mad/sad how some motherfuckers got a fuckton of them just because "they were cheap" but they dont really plan to use it... yet us, poorfags who have an actual use for it were unable to get it because its out of stock ;_;
>>51594015
Yup. But it would be fairly useless. If you add in all the different costs together (power supplies, SD cards, switch, cables), the same money could build a desktop that would outrun it on identical code. Someone did the comparison with hadoop. Yeah yeah, the java runtime is a pig, and JIT on x86-64 is way better than on ARM, but it still stands.
>>51594364
Shills pay $100 for a router, when a $5 joke has better preformance.
>>51604035
Yeah, that's what I want from a router, lots of processing power and no networking.
>>51604073
Why not get a gateway plebo?
>>51604097
What are you babbling about now?
>>51604129
A gateway does networking as well. Why not just get that instead of a router? Since you're not concerned about performance.
>>51604159
A gateway is a router.
What are you on about?
>>51604209
How is a gateway a router?
This is why you don't care about the performance of a router, cause' you don't understand the technological advances.
Shill some more.
>>51604476
How is it not a router?
>>51604549
Your shilling is showing.
