News - Raspberry Pi announcement and likely release tomorrow

[HEXUS]

After months of build-up, the charity is finally making its move.

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[3dcandy]

will be very interesting to see what people come up with using these...

[Grey M@a]

Fingers crossed I can get my hands on one to have a play about with it and see what it can do. With the video's out there showing it running as a HTPC, this would be pocket money for such a system.

Also looking forward to tinkering with one to see what you can do on it

[Scribe]

Fingers crossed I can get my hands on one to have a play about with it and see what it can do. With the video's out there showing it running as a HTPC, this would be pocket money for such a system.

Also looking forward to tinkering with one to see what you can do on it

I foresee cheap digital signage for professionals, multiscreen if someone combines a presentation application with a network/USB synch.

[cheesemp]

I really want one but I think I'll leave until the second drop before getting one. I really want one but I'd prefer it in a case ready to go and as I'm in no rush for it I'm thinking its a good idea to leave the small number of units available for individuals who can actually exploit it in this early stage. Will certainly be investing in one later on though!

[crossy]

Funnily enough - given the "educational" intended use, the first thought I had that this'd be great if it could be coupled with a cheap (if there is such a thing) touch screen monitor. Could be used by school kids to do a practical IT project - making a kiosk/information-terminal for their school.

Given the good graphics and video, my most obvious use would be for some form of kitchen terminal (recipes, compile shopping lists, let the kids see videos at breakfast). Again, the major bug bear is the cost of the touch screen display.

As others have said, there are a lot of potential uses for a device this competitive on the price/capabilities front.

[DR]

I want to get 1, if not 2.

[abaxas]

I'll be up for the inevitable site crash and disappointment.

However, if I'm lucky. Going to order as many as I can.

Not for profit, just to spread the joy.

[Firejack]

OpenELEC have announced support for RaspBerry Pi. Looks an awesome little HTPC system

http://www.openelec.tv/component/k2/...vice-supported

[Rob_B]

-Put in Altoids tin
-Hook up to internet & get some sort of browser/streaming setup going
-Put behind TV
-???
-Profit

[cheesemp]

-Put in Altoids tin

Doesn't fit according to FAQ I'm afraid:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs

Will it fit in an Altoids tin?

Doesn’t quite work, I’m afraid – because we don’t round off the edges of the board, it’s a little too big to fit the tin.

- Hence why I'm waiting for one in an official case...

[Hicks12]

Cant wait, possible cheap nas setup!? I will grab one when i can just to mess around with it, i think though that we wont see these for awhile as the first shipment is purely for education unless im mistaken?

[BlackDwarf]

Gotta love working for a FE College. Will be buying one as soon as it goes on sale.
Hopefully my cats will wake me up early in the morning and I'll be first in line

[watercooled]

Hoping to pick one up, but won't be too disappointed if I have to wait for the next batch. Would make for a great tinkering box and HTPC amongst other stuff!

[semo]

Hope this will be streamer I'm looking for. C'mon DTS and subtitle playback!

[alsenior]

I want about 10 to see if they can be made into a little Cluster