[arch-general] Just thinking out loud...
... I wonder how much work would be involved in compiling ArchLinux to run on a Raspberry PI? Clive -- Infinity: A concept for those who cannot comprehend the big picture. () Arch Linux - For movers and shakers. ()
On 8 January 2012 17:53, Clive Cooper <clive@winpe.com> wrote:
... I wonder how much work would be involved in compiling ArchLinux to run on a Raspberry PI?
Clive -- Infinity: A concept for those who cannot comprehend the big picture.
() Arch Linux - For movers and shakers. ()
Building everything for ARM.
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Clive Cooper <clive@winpe.com> wrote:
... I wonder how much work would be involved in compiling ArchLinux to run on a Raspberry PI?
Clive -- Infinity: A concept for those who cannot comprehend the big picture.
() Arch Linux - For movers and shakers. ()
http://archlinuxarm.org/ :) -- (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.)
On Sunday 08 January 2012 19:00:44 Axilleas P wrote:
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Clive Cooper <clive@winpe.com> wrote:
... I wonder how much work would be involved in compiling ArchLinux to run on a Raspberry PI?
Clive -- Infinity: A concept for those who cannot comprehend the big picture.
() Arch Linux - For movers and shakers. ()
There is even a post on the forum to talk about it: http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=1111
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:08 PM, slubman <lists@slubman.info> wrote:
On Sunday 08 January 2012 19:00:44 Axilleas P wrote:
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Clive Cooper <clive@winpe.com> wrote:
... I wonder how much work would be involved in compiling ArchLinux to run on a Raspberry PI?
Clive -- Infinity: A concept for those who cannot comprehend the big picture.
() Arch Linux - For movers and shakers. ()
There is even a post on the forum to talk about it: http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=1111
I was about to post that. -- (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.)
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:10 PM, Axilleas P <markeleas@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:08 PM, slubman <lists@slubman.info> wrote:
On Sunday 08 January 2012 19:00:44 Axilleas P wrote:
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Clive Cooper <clive@winpe.com> wrote:
... I wonder how much work would be involved in compiling ArchLinux to run on a Raspberry PI?
Clive -- Infinity: A concept for those who cannot comprehend the big picture.
() Arch Linux - For movers and shakers. ()
There is even a post on the forum to talk about it: http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=1111
I was about to post that.
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There is even a topic on rasperrypi forum by a member of archlinuxarm.org http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/distributions/archlinuxarm-on-raspberry-pi -- (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.)
There is even a topic on rasperrypi forum by a member of archlinuxarm.org http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/distributions/archlinuxarm-on-raspberry-pi
Great....The Raspberry Pi is pretty awesome but lets face it with ArchLinux it will be f***ing damn awesome. I imagine this is going to be so big that they will never be able to meet the demand initially. Clive -- Infinity: A concept for those who cannot comprehend the big picture. () Arch Linux - For movers and shakers. ()
From what I understand, they'll be selling sd cards with arch already on them.
On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 05:34:32PM +0000, Clive Cooper wrote:
Great....The Raspberry Pi is pretty awesome but lets face it with ArchLinux it will be f***ing damn awesome.
I have a Beagleboard running Arch Linux from http://archlinuxarm.org/ and it is great! Easy to install and everything just works :D Regards -- Ricardo (http://r.untroubled.be/)
I have a Beagleboard running Arch Linux from http://archlinuxarm.org/ and it is great!
Easy to install and everything just works :D
That's a very expensive board compared to the Raspberry pi price of $25 (Model A) $35(Model B). Let's just hope that the Raspberry Pi is being manufactured in enough quantity to meet what appears to be a massive interest. I think they will be selling many millions of these. Clive -- Infinity: A concept for those who cannot comprehend the big picture. () Arch Linux - For movers and shakers. ()
On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Clive Cooper <clive@winpe.com> wrote:
I have a Beagleboard running Arch Linux from http://archlinuxarm.org/ and it is great!
Easy to install and everything just works :D
That's a very expensive board compared to the Raspberry pi price of $25 (Model A) $35(Model B). Let's just hope that the Raspberry Pi is being manufactured in enough quantity to meet what appears to be a massive interest. I think they will be selling many millions of these.
Sure, but the beagleboard you can buy today :)
On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 01:34:23PM +0000, Clive Cooper wrote:
I have a Beagleboard running Arch Linux from http://archlinuxarm.org/ and it is great!
Easy to install and everything just works :D
That's a very expensive board compared to the Raspberry pi price of $25 (Model A) $35(Model B). Let's just hope that the Raspberry Pi is being manufactured in enough quantity to meet what appears to be a massive interest. I think they will be selling many millions of these.
Don't get your hopes too high for the moment. I don't think initially they'll be able to meet the demand. Also, the first batch will provide feedback about the various shortcomings. As an example, India's much touted Aakash tablet hasn't recieved too positive results after being reviewed by actual users. Now the shortcomings are being worked on. These things happen, especially with cheap hardware. But, kudos to all the people working on such projects, as they provide hope to the billions of people who can't afford costly hardware. -- O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org
On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 4:19 PM, gt <codered12@gmail.com> wrote:
But, kudos to all the people working on such projects, as they provide hope to the billions of people who can't afford costly hardware.
I can get a used Dell, HP or IBM for $50: 3 GHz Pentium 4 w/ 2 GB DDR RAM, 80 GB HDD, Gigabit LAN + some motherboard w/ cheap onboard graphics and sound card, PSU and case. It takes up more space, draws more power and I guess it can't run 1080p smoothly, but it's not a bad deal for the equivalent of USD 50.
I can get a used Dell, HP or IBM for $50: 3 GHz Pentium 4 w/ 2 GB DDR RAM, 80 GB HDD, Gigabit LAN + some motherboard w/ cheap onboard graphics and sound card, PSU and case. It takes up more space, draws more power and I guess it can't run 1080p smoothly, but it's not a bad deal for the equivalent of USD 50.
The whole point here though is something that is very tiny. I have a few projects in mind, one being a small remote controlled 'audio book reader'/'radio show player' for by the side of the bed. It is the size of this thing that makes it interesting, that and the fact that I can run Linux on it and develop for it on my laptop. Clive -- Infinity: A concept for those who cannot comprehend the big picture. () Arch Linux - For movers and shakers. ()
Don't get your hopes too high for the moment. I don't think initially they'll be able to meet the demand. Also, the first batch will provide feedback about the various shortcomings.
I don't think so either, I am actually expecting delivery to be 3 months plus, but they say by the end of the month, we will see.
As an example, India's much touted Aakash tablet hasn't recieved too positive results after being reviewed by actual users. Now the shortcomings are being worked on.
These things happen, especially with cheap hardware.
This is just $25 or $35 and as such even if it performs badly it is still a neat toy to play around with while we wait for something better or more interesting.
But, kudos to all the people working on such projects, as they provide hope to the billions of people who can't afford costly hardware.
I agree, a working computer for $25 is quite an achievement. Clive -- Infinity: A concept for those who cannot comprehend the big picture. () Arch Linux - For movers and shakers. ()
On 01/08/2012 05:53 PM, Clive Cooper wrote:
... I wonder how much work would be involved in compiling ArchLinux to run on a Raspberry PI?
Clive
http://archlinuxarm.org/ -- Bartłomiej Piotrowski Arch Linux Trusted User http://archlinux.org/
On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 04:53:36PM +0000, Clive Cooper wrote:
... I wonder how much work would be involved in compiling ArchLinux to run on a Raspberry PI?
I suspect the hardest part will actually be to get your hands on the HW :-) It's a lovely piece of kit, can't wait until it's "properly" available. I'm considering building myself a little media centre, and I'd love to base it on ARM. Raspberry Pi looks like an excellent fit, but it's not likely to be readily available for a while. The other possibility I've found, Cubox[^1], is only available for pre-order at the moment. I so far haven't had time to research other possibilities for more home-grown systems, but it looks like I'll have to unless I settle for waiting a while longer. /M [^1]: http://www.solid-run.com/ -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind. -- Alan Kay
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Alexandre Ferrando
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Axilleas P
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Bartłomiej Piotrowski
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Brandon Betances
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Clive Cooper
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gt
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Karol Blazewicz
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Magnus Therning
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Ricardo Catalinas Jiménez
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Sander Jansen
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slubman