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by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:06 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Preconfigured image with SSH and/or VNC
Replies: 40
Views: 12587

Re: Preconfigured image with SSH and/or VNC

All the more reason for us to help those non-tech people learn how to set ssh up - nothing quite beats learning by carefully following a tutorial on your own system and getting to grips with it that way
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:53 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Use Win32DiskImager to write Debian image to SD Card
Replies: 10
Views: 4692

Re: Use Win32DiskImager to write Debian image to SD Card

<r>Nice work.  Re the DD method, it's actually not as hard as I'd initially thought, all done on Windows using the command line.  Davespice has done a nice tuturial - link at the bottom of this post:<br/> <br/> <URL url="http://www.raspberrypi.org/for.....to-sd-card">http://www.raspberrypi.org/for.....
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:37 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Preconfigured image with SSH and/or VNC
Replies: 40
Views: 12587

Re: Preconfigured image with SSH and/or VNC

<t>nmcc said: <br/> <br/> Really, and how do you propose that a very small team of dedicated people working for nothing should deliver a preview edition of a distribution for a computer that isn't even available to buy yet?<br/> <br/> Couldn't agree more! More to the point, what we're getting is a d...
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:38 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: News articles and blog posts about Raspberry Pi
Replies: 1021
Views: 231044

Re: News articles and blog posts about Raspberry Pi

<t>Abishur said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Seriously!  I don't know how I haven't seen it before.  For some reason today it looks more square than usual <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Yes, probably the angle.  That and the focus.  Given the size of the board the difference in focus between the front & back of ...
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:56 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Thought it would come yesterday
Replies: 51
Views: 10203

Re: Thought it would come yesterday

<t>TheEponymousBob said: <br/> <br/> <br/> I think the point is that if/when there is news, you"ll have to be trying hard to miss it, so if you can"t see anything obvious, there is no news.<br/> <br/> <br/> Ah ha!!  You're in on it too, trying to lull me into a sense of false security, getting me to...
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:44 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Thought it would come yesterday
Replies: 51
Views: 10203

Re: Thought it would come yesterday

<t>My guess is that the foundation are taking a sneaky approach - the Pis are already in the UK and they'll put them on sale at 4AM on Sunday morning.<br/> <br/> I'm planning on a series of 23-hour days, fueled by caffine & junk food (and pies), until I can place my order!<br/> <br/> The risk he...
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:24 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Thought it would come yesterday
Replies: 51
Views: 10203

Re: Thought it would come yesterday

max360se said:


I'm closer to Pi's then you are , well at least for now when they are in China.



Well, that's if they're still in china!!
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:42 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Where could tutorials go?
Replies: 16
Views: 2711

Re: Where could tutorials go?

<t>No need for apologies - I was only being slightly sarcastic   There were real intentions behind my comment though - you make some good argunments and it shouldn't take much for me to figure it out.  What's slightly more embarassing is I'm actually a development manager for a IT firm that focuses ...
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:19 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Sucessfully used WINDD to write debian image to SD card
Replies: 20
Views: 4862

Re: Sucessfully used WINDD to write debian image to SD card

Just taken a look - superb tutorial, worked a charm.  Couldn't figure out how to remove the partitions beforehand, but followed the steps you listed and it worked 1st time.
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:08 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Sucessfully used WINDD to write debian image to SD card
Replies: 20
Views: 4862

Re: Sucessfully used WINDD to write debian image to SD card

Excellent - thanks.  I was trying to re-image an already imaged card, so that will probably be it!
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:47 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Use Win32DiskImager to write Debian image to SD Card
Replies: 10
Views: 4692

Re: Use Win32DiskImager to write Debian image to SD Card

Dinosaur said:

Only confusion was the instruction to install Win32DiskImager when all that it needed was unzipping. 

Ah, right, I'll correct that - thanks!
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:40 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Thought it would come yesterday
Replies: 51
Views: 10203

Re: Thought it would come yesterday

<t>walney said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Tass said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Wooloomooloo said: <br/> <br/> <br/> (note to the maintainers of Firefox's spell checker: there's no such thing as "aluminum").<br/> <br/> <br/> Isn't there?  I thought it was metal that is a gray color? <br/> <br/> <br/> No such word as...
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:22 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Novice, Expert, Demi God Forums ???
Replies: 20
Views: 4287

Re: Novice, Expert, Demi God Forums ???

<t>While I don't agree with the separation of users (sorry, dead horse, I know), the idea of a forum about "Getting Started" sounds like a good idea.<br/> <br/> Admins can change their standard response to "Have you checked the 'Getting Started' forum?"   Seriously though, I do think it'll help stee...
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:11 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Thought it would come yesterday
Replies: 51
Views: 10203

Re: Thought it would come yesterday

Wooloomooloo said:

(note to the maintainers of Firefox's spell checker: there's no such thing as "aluminum").

Isn't there?  I thought it was metal that is a gray color?
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:35 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Panda in the room
Replies: 7
Views: 1513

Re: Panda in the room

A watched Pi never bakes!
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:19 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Where could tutorials go?
Replies: 16
Views: 2711

Re: Where could tutorials go?

obarthelemy said:


The way people are replacing perfectly good open protocols with closed ones seems very short-sighted to me.


Well then, I suppose I'll go teach myself HTML.  Maybe learning a new skill like that will help me be less short-sighted in future...
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:14 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Thought it would come yesterday
Replies: 51
Views: 10203

Re: Thought it would come yesterday

Joe Schmoe said:


Ever hear the expression "A watched pot never boils" ??



A watch Pi never bakes?
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:46 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Use Win32DiskImager to write Debian image to SD Card
Replies: 10
Views: 4692

Re: Use Win32DiskImager to write Debian image to SD Card

While there seem to be a lot of scattered topics on this issue (with varied results), I figured I'd create a tutorial with screenshots (hey, it passes the time - next week's a LONG way away!)

http://db.tt/rErZaVsX
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:34 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Where could tutorials go?
Replies: 16
Views: 2711

Re: Where could tutorials go?

Great, thanks!
by Tass
Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:33 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Sucessfully used WINDD to write debian image to SD card
Replies: 20
Views: 4862

Re: Sucessfully used WINDD to write debian image to SD card

<t>Helpme1986 said: <br/> <br/> <br/> I did this as well (apart from checking it in Windows, asked me to format it so didnt bother looking at it)<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> I got the same results with USBIt (Windows couldn't see it, prompted to format) and apparently this means it hasn't worked.<br/> <b...
by Tass
Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:41 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Where could tutorials go?
Replies: 16
Views: 2711

Re: Where could tutorials go?

<t>If I had written a tutorial, on how to write the Debian image to an SD Card for instance, in PDF format, is there anywhere on this site that I might be able to put it?  If not, can someone recommend a service like PhotoBucket I could use?<br/> <br/> EDIT: Is something like MediaFire trustworthy?<...
by Tass
Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:50 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Novice, Expert, Demi God Forums ???
Replies: 20
Views: 4287

Re: Novice, Expert, Demi God Forums ???

Cylon said:

We are all Jedi's, just some are padawan's, some Jedi full blown and other may tend towards the dark side

+1
by Tass
Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:35 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Novice, Expert, Demi God Forums ???
Replies: 20
Views: 4287

Re: Novice, Expert, Demi God Forums ???

<t>Cylon said:<br/> <br/> <br/> Where i'm coming from is some members and individuals outside of here are obviously not from a community like this, they need support not berating.<br/> <br/> <br/> Maybe I've missed certain posts, but I don't believe I've seen anyone being berated when they've simply...
by Tass
Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:27 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Novice, Expert, Demi God Forums ???
Replies: 20
Views: 4287

Re: Novice, Expert, Demi God Forums ???

<t>Agreed - when I started on Ubuntu a few years back I jumped in the deep end and never looked back! Generally I found even the most advanced members had a lot of time for noob questions and did a pretty good job of explaining things in a simple way.  As people advance in their skills, having had t...
by Tass
Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:52 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: step by step guide?
Replies: 91
Views: 15429

Re: step by step guide?

<t>Joe Schmoe said: <br/> <br/> <br/> The problem is that his PHB's and their PHB's and so on, have documents that say "You must do it this way!" (and any other way is unacceptable).<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> I've just re-read this whole post after following it for a few days, and it makes for an enter...

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