Details About Raspberry Pi Foundation's $25 PC 349
First time accepted submitter salcan writes "There is growing interest surrounding the Raspberry Pi Foundation and their promise of a PC that will cost just $25. We've seen how the OLPC has struggled to deliver a $100 laptop for developing countries, and yet Raspberry Pi is confident in delivering the $25 PC by November this year. Eben Upton, director of the foundation, recently gave a talk at Bletchley Park regarding Educating Programmers, which focused on the thinking behind the $25 PC."
Re:Cost of a textbook? (Score:5, Informative)
It has a HDMI port
It also has an analogue TV out.
We don't even know how much RAM will it have
The $25 version will have 128Mb, and there's a $35 with 256Mb.
whether it will run Linux
It will run Linux, originally the hope was to run Ubuntu but with their restricted memory footprint they're having to go with a version of Debian instead. Amazing what you can learn when you watch the full video and actually listen to it.
Re:The new Arduino (Score:5, Informative)
at least for high power mains projects
"The device should run well off 4xAA cells" [raspberrypi.org]
Although I agree Arduino probably will use less power. Different design goals.
Re:Cost of a textbook? (Score:5, Informative)
Shouldn't that info be on the WEBSITE?
It is.
Don't you check your "facts" before posting them online?
Re:In Poland... (Score:4, Informative)
Re:The new Arduino (Score:4, Informative)
PS: "analogue"? Really? Colour me modernist, but that's a rather archaic spelling even for an Englishman.
Not an archaic spelling. A correct spelling.
Re:The new Arduino (Score:4, Informative)
Kudos for saying a correct spelling instead of oft heard the correct spelling.