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by Cloudcentric
Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:24 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: RS Buyer beware!!
Replies: 2
Views: 961

Re: RS Buyer beware!!

Please post in this thread, the Raspberry Pi Foundation are not related to RS

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... 23&t=26289
by Cloudcentric
Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:40 pm
Forum: Arch
Topic: Arch for webserver project?
Replies: 9
Views: 3025

Re: Arch for webserver project?

by Cloudcentric
Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:05 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Could You Use Raspberry Pi As A Nettop (Media PC)?
Replies: 15
Views: 15230

Re: Could You Use Raspberry Pi As A Nettop (Media PC)?

Android 4 will undertake the majority of tasks the OP wanted.

http://liliputing.com/2012/11/hands-on- ... ni-pc.html
by Cloudcentric
Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:09 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Internet through electrical outlets
Replies: 4
Views: 1406

Re: Internet through electrical outlets

Powerline has been around for years: http://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline-intro.htm
by Cloudcentric
Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:53 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: data loss after "sudo halt"
Replies: 9
Views: 2682

Re: data loss after "sudo halt"

or
sudo su
sync
shutdown -h now
by Cloudcentric
Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:14 am
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: new image slower ?
Replies: 2
Views: 827

Re: new image slower ?

I first tested the new image and felt it was slower, then used a different SD Card (Transcend Class6) and it is now less noticeable but yes it does seem to have taken a slight performance hit ! I do find that multi-tab Web Browsing in Midori tends to bog down performance more, but as the version of ...
by Cloudcentric
Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:59 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Could You Use Raspberry Pi As A Nettop (Media PC)?
Replies: 15
Views: 15230

Re: Could You Use Raspberry Pi As A Nettop (Media PC)?

Whilst Linux is Linux you have to take the following into consideration... Most Nettops use x86 CPU architecture The Pi uses ARMv6 Architecture Most Android devices use ARMv7 Architecture Debian and Arch Linux also are based of ARMv7 compiled Linux There is generally more support for ARMv7 than ARMv...
by Cloudcentric
Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:47 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: raspberry pi restarts using Netgear N150 wifi usb dongle
Replies: 3
Views: 784

Re: raspberry pi restarts using Netgear N150 wifi usb dongle

There have been many threads regards the USB/Ethernet BUS issue and power management.

Whilst I have used without a Power USB Hub, it has always crapped out, hence why use a Powered Hub.

This forum has a Search forum, one to look for is USB Redux.
by Cloudcentric
Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:35 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: xmbc browsing stutters?
Replies: 1
Views: 494

Re: xmbc browsing stutters?

bounce wrote:
Also, I know nothing about Raspberry Pi (but I'm willing to learn) can you put a browser like Firefox on it concurrently with XMBC? Thanks
http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs

http://lifehacker.com/5976912/a-beginne ... spberry-pi
by Cloudcentric
Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:44 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Interesting, but...
Replies: 2
Views: 773

Re: Interesting, but...

YAWN YAWN :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
by Cloudcentric
Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:49 pm
Forum: Android
Topic: Raspberry pi isn't to weak!!!! [discussion]
Replies: 17
Views: 11376

Re: Raspberry pi isn't to weak!!!! [discussion]

REGURGITATION - this has been bought up before, why can people not accept that the Pi is a Pi and not supposed to be anything else JEEZ!!!!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
by Cloudcentric
Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:33 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: raspberry pi restarts using Netgear N150 wifi usb dongle
Replies: 3
Views: 784

Re: raspberry pi restarts using Netgear N150 wifi usb dongle

Use a quality Mains Powered USB Hub..
by Cloudcentric
Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:09 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: installing SDL1.2 lib
Replies: 4
Views: 1192

Re: installing SDL1.2 lib

Why not use a USB WiFi or USB Ethernet Dongle ?
by Cloudcentric
Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:25 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: blank black screen after startx
Replies: 5
Views: 2251

Re: blank black screen after startx

Depends on Operating System installed !
by Cloudcentric
Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:14 am
Forum: Arch
Topic: RTL8188CUS impossible to make it works
Replies: 6
Views: 1551

Re: RTL8188CUS impossible to make it works

Though must admit have 3 generic Chinese RTL8188CUS adaptors and not all work in every Linux Distro, caveat emptor
by Cloudcentric
Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:50 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: formating free space on sd card
Replies: 11
Views: 2116

Re: formating free space on sd card

Windows NT versions only recognises FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS, they do not recognised Linux Ext File System

The easiest solution is to use a GParted LiveCD/USB, Gparted recognises all popular file systems...

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/index.php

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
by Cloudcentric
Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:35 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: apt-get upgrade - Samba brocken
Replies: 10
Views: 12079

Re: apt-get upgrade - Samba brocken

sudo apt-get install -f
by Cloudcentric
Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:29 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: I bought my PI and SD Card What do I do Next?
Replies: 6
Views: 1325

Re: I bought my PI and SD Card What do I do Next?

This is a basic blog regards Raspbian "whezzy" http://debianarmpi.blogspot.co.uk Regards Power Adaptor etc, look at Farnell for ideas though you may be able to purchase the goods elsewhere ( ie ebay, RS Components, Amazon, Maplins) https://export.farnell.com/jsp/raspi/orderPad.jsp?COM=raspi-group&co...

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