So I just want to use this device for full internet use on my TV. What can it do with the interwebs what can't it do?
Thanks a bunch!
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Re: Internet use
What would you like it to do?
Download NOOBS and install XBMC and it becomes a mediaplayer (turns your TV into a SmartTV)
Download NOOBS and install Raspbian and it can do lots of the stuff you can do on a laptop plus a whole bunch more. Although it isn't in any way as quick as my Win8.1 machine.
Start X-windows and you can run a web browser (slowly).
The basic use case is, "here's a computer, connect it to your LAN and find something to do with it. Now you've done that try programming it to do something different.".
Rather than it being a commodity system like a Windows machine or an Apple Mac (which normally present you with a very high speed processor and a web browser that's ready to run out of the box).
Download NOOBS and install XBMC and it becomes a mediaplayer (turns your TV into a SmartTV)
Download NOOBS and install Raspbian and it can do lots of the stuff you can do on a laptop plus a whole bunch more. Although it isn't in any way as quick as my Win8.1 machine.
Start X-windows and you can run a web browser (slowly).
The basic use case is, "here's a computer, connect it to your LAN and find something to do with it. Now you've done that try programming it to do something different.".
Rather than it being a commodity system like a Windows machine or an Apple Mac (which normally present you with a very high speed processor and a web browser that's ready to run out of the box).
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Re: Internet use
If that's all you want to do you're better off with one of those Android HDMI sticks. They usually support flash and come with a hardware accelerated web browser.penciltester wrote:So I just want to use this device for full internet use on my TV. What can it do with the interwebs what can't it do?
Thanks a bunch!
Rasperry Pi is not a "consumer device".
Minimal Kiosk Browser (kweb)
Slim, fast webkit browser with support for audio+video+playlists+youtube+pdf+download
Optional fullscreen kiosk mode and command interface for embedded applications
Includes omxplayerGUI, an X front end for omxplayer
Slim, fast webkit browser with support for audio+video+playlists+youtube+pdf+download
Optional fullscreen kiosk mode and command interface for embedded applications
Includes omxplayerGUI, an X front end for omxplayer
Re: Internet use
I agree with gkreidl. The Pi is for tinkering , and things like
Netflix and Flash websites simply don't work.
ghans
Netflix and Flash websites simply don't work.
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