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by obarthelemy
Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:24 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Optimizing Linux for Flash memory.
Replies: 26
Views: 93699

Re: Optimizing Linux for Flash memory.

<t>The Pi will run mainly off flash memory, which works very differently than mechanical hard drives. Linux, by default, is tweaked for hard drives, which has a negative impact on the performance and longevity of flash-based Linux installs. Luckily, Linux is very flexible and we can re-configure it ...
by obarthelemy
Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:09 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: are you spoiling it?
Replies: 10
Views: 2629

Re: are you spoiling it?

<t>It\'s only 2 months, and we now have the tools to pretend we already have a Pi in our PCs. I want to use one of mine as a NAS/Torrent/FTP/Web server, So I\'m gathering docs (no small endeavour for Linux ^^) and trying out stuff in a VM. All software projects, even most OS ones, though neither the...
by obarthelemy
Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:16 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Simulator/Emulator for Raspberry Pi?
Replies: 167
Views: 37406

Re: Simulator/Emulator for Raspberry Pi?

congrats on the pic.. and on the pic :-p
by obarthelemy
Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:08 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Lets port Elite to the Raspberry PI
Replies: 45
Views: 10219

Re: Lets port Elite to the Raspberry PI

<t>Your "camputer Lynx" gets autochanged to "computer Lynx" by Google... 'nugh said. And it's GREY, which must be the only color actually worse than beige.<br/> But at least I remember reading about it at the time, whereas the Newbrain...<br/> Enough topic hijacking... we should launch an "old foggi...
by obarthelemy
Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:57 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Simulator/Emulator for Raspberry Pi?
Replies: 167
Views: 37406

Re: Simulator/Emulator for Raspberry Pi?

link 8 works, then you put pseudo tags before and after: (img)...link8...(/img), except with [ and ] instead of ( and ), and no replace ...link8... with the actual link8. You can edit your post to see the source code of my modifications to your posts.
by obarthelemy
Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:53 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Release date???
Replies: 25
Views: 3957

Re: Release date???

<t>My clue that they\'re very serious about this is how stingy they are ^^ They keep saying \"no\" to requests, whereas bullshitters would take pre-orders, accept requests if not actually promise the moon, and not have a track record in the industry. And actually make money off the thing, instead of...
by obarthelemy
Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:32 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Simulator/Emulator for Raspberry Pi?
Replies: 167
Views: 37406

Re: Simulator/Emulator for Raspberry Pi?

<r>Hey Dietmar, here's how to get pictures in your posts:<br/> 1- go to the page with the picture<br/> 2- right-click > copy Image adress (that's in Opera, must be similar in most browsers ?)<br/> 3- [ IMG ](paste img adress here without parentheses)[ /IMG ]<br/> (get rid of the inner <spaces> of [ ...
by obarthelemy
Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:25 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Lets port Elite to the Raspberry PI
Replies: 45
Views: 10219

Re: Lets port Elite to the Raspberry PI

Yes, but it would be a waste because ZX Spectrum was sooo much better ^^

Can we have the old flame wars back ? In France it was more Oric vs Spectrum, but I can adapt !

More seriously, all 3 sound like worthy projects.
by obarthelemy
Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:09 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Google TV or Android OS
Replies: 44
Views: 18253

Re: Google TV or Android OS

<t>Except the raspi is 256 megs. Since the OS takes a fixed amount a RAM, that means very little is left for apps, and we can't install the latest revisions of the OS. I had plenty of apps crashes on my older Android phone, with an older version of Android and only 256 megs. Everything are much bett...
by obarthelemy
Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:52 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Simulator/Emulator for Raspberry Pi?
Replies: 167
Views: 37406

Re: Simulator/Emulator for Raspberry Pi?

This link works: http://s3.imgimg.de/uploads/XP.....365jpg.jpg
by obarthelemy
Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:37 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Current state of miniSD cards
Replies: 7
Views: 1914

Re: Current state of miniSD cards

I remember reading somewhere (I thought it was in this forum actually) that microSD to SD converters create issues, and that using straight full SD s much better.
by obarthelemy
Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:15 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Simulator/Emulator for Raspberry Pi?
Replies: 167
Views: 37406

Re: Simulator/Emulator for Raspberry Pi?

Congratz Dietmar.
by obarthelemy
Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:11 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: CP/M (Wordstar, DBaseII, Supercalc)
Replies: 10
Views: 6785

Re: CP/M (Wordstar, DBaseII, Supercalc)

Kudos. Hopefully we'll have an emulators repo ready even before launch ^^
by obarthelemy
Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:27 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Simulator/Emulator for Raspberry Pi?
Replies: 167
Views: 37406

Re: Simulator/Emulator for Raspberry Pi?

Funny how I see 3 times more Gnome downloads than lxde. Either I'm missing something and Gnome provides something more than eye candy, or people are incredibly set in their way.
by obarthelemy
Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:31 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Emulating a RasPi on Windows
Replies: 59
Views: 31491

Re: Emulating a RasPi on Windows

i'm downloading them as we speak and will keep seeding for the foreseeable future
by obarthelemy
Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:03 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Vote For Red Circuit Boards
Replies: 49
Views: 8485

Re: Vote For Red Circuit Boards

+1 for red !
by obarthelemy
Fri Sep 23, 2011 1:52 pm
Forum: Staffroom, classroom and projects
Topic: Building a young programmer community
Replies: 18
Views: 4571

Re: Building a young programmer community

<t>You've got to be careful when you mix forums/social media and kids. For both legal, social (bullying and keeping on topic), pedagogical, and real reasons (sexual predators). I'm sure social norms and the law vary from country to country, but from what I see in France (and that's personal observat...
by obarthelemy
Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:52 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Cases for the Raspberry Pi
Replies: 866
Views: 435568

Re: Cases for the Raspberry Pi

I think a matchbox has un certain je ne sais quoi of nerd chic.
by obarthelemy
Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:45 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: HDMI to VGA connector
Replies: 29
Views: 9142

Re: HDMI to VGA connector

<t>To be encyclopedical on a subject that keeps popping up:<br/> There are 2 possible types of signals, Analog, and Digital. And then there's connectors.<br/> VGA is only analog.<br/> DVI can be Analog (DVI-A), Digital (DVI-D) or both (DVI-I, "I" is for integrated). DVI-A is rare, -D frequent, and -...
by obarthelemy
Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:30 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Starting a trend
Replies: 18
Views: 3507

Re: Starting a trend

Actually, it may not be a bad thing for people to make money off their jobs ^^
by obarthelemy
Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:28 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Mailing list broken?
Replies: 6
Views: 1424

Re: Mailing list broken?

I'm guessing they don't want to spam the mailing list, but a quick weekly recap of Pi news, and reassurances that everything is on track, may be nice... if only to ascertain the mailing lit actually works ^^
by obarthelemy
Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:27 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: News articles and blog posts about Raspberry Pi
Replies: 1021
Views: 235255

Re: News articles and blog posts about Raspberry Pi

Not a news article per se, but right now on most nerd sites in France, every time there is an article about such-and-such cheap/hacker device, there's a comment (and not by me ^^) about Pi coming soon...
You've got Buzz, guys.
by obarthelemy
Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:21 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: UK Government: Children to be taught programming
Replies: 93
Views: 17129

Re: UK Government: Children to be taught programming

<t>Outside of the computer club at school, and programming problem solvers to "help" with maths and stats (and geograpy, history, latin.. ^^), I actually got my first whiff of programming at 18 in business school: dBaseIII, and Framework macros. That was... 25 yrs ago. And thing have actually gotten...
by obarthelemy
Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:06 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Long term availability ?
Replies: 5
Views: 1658

Re: Long term availability ?

<t>Yep, but for some uses, more is not better. Many industrial users do not care that much about performance as long as it stays within specs, and may use specific secondary features that may be taken away (say, the next pi may be USB-powered, or have fewer GPIO pins, or have less forgiving operatin...
by obarthelemy
Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:24 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Model A developement status?
Replies: 7
Views: 1533

Re: Model A developement status?

Won't it be the same board with minor tweaks ?

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