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asifnaz
November 27th, 2015, 10:45 AM
I am seeing a lot of possibility

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/

are you interested ..?

grahammechanical
November 27th, 2015, 03:51 PM
£4 or 5$, who is getting the better price?

I would be tempted. Especially, if I see it being given away with a magazine.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34922561

It would be a way of experimenting with Snappy Ubuntu Core.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/

(https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/)It would also draw a person into buying all the add-ons.

Regards.



Regards.

tgalati4
November 27th, 2015, 04:03 PM
+5. Can't wait to see them at SCaLE in February.

benrob0329
November 28th, 2015, 02:09 AM
Looks like a good option for embedded devices until the RPi 2 embedded board comes out.

Bucky Ball
November 28th, 2015, 03:38 AM
Sold out, unfortunately. I want one for christmas for my godson ...

pqwoerituytrueiwoq
November 28th, 2015, 03:47 AM
sits here with my rpi a+ in the hall way wall
man that board would be better suited for that

id rather have standard size usb hell id settle for a unpopulated header, heck id trade hdmi for a full size usb (or Ethernet, heck if it means Ethernet give me unpopulated headers for power)
* i use PIs headlessly

for $5 yes ill get it even if i don't need it now
*waits for advisability*

coldraven
November 28th, 2015, 10:00 AM
I have a RPi2 as a Kodi media server. I've just been given a Pi B that was picked up in a jumble sale for 50p! It came complete with a SD card and boots to the Raspian desktop. I'm not sure what to do with it but thought that I may experiment with OpenVPN.
As for a PiZero, what an amazing product! I have no idea what I'd use one for but I will buy one (or two) and scan the web for interesting projects.

launchpad-washuu
November 28th, 2015, 01:14 PM
I managed to get a PiZero. It has an ARMv6 architecture (The same SoC as original RPi), which is too old to run Snappy, Snappy needs ARMv7.

EDIT:- Found the full story on Ask Ubuntu (http://askubuntu.com/questions/703070/does-ubuntu-work-on-a-raspberry-pi-zero)

The Independent are reporting that the initial run of 20,000 sold out within 24hrs.

poorguy
November 28th, 2015, 06:28 PM
i know someone who has a Raspberry don't know which one. runs puppy linux tahrpup 6.0 and it is pretty impressive for what it is. the downside is when you start adding things to it the cost starts to increase quickly. for a specific purpose they are an inexpensive device and seem to work well.
i ordered the chip for $9.00 and still waiting for it to be released next year sometime.

Copper Bezel
November 28th, 2015, 08:19 PM
Would it be sensible to think about using something like this - either the Zero or another Pi - as a thin client for an LTSP setup?

Bucky Ball
November 28th, 2015, 08:24 PM
Would it be sensible to think about using something like this - either the Zero or another Pi - as a thin client for an LTSP setup?

Check the second link in my signature and let your fingers do the walking (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=raspberry+pi+ltsp) ... :)

Copper Bezel
November 28th, 2015, 08:28 PM
Most excellent. Thank you. = ]

matt_symes
November 28th, 2015, 09:22 PM
@OP. Thanks for posting this.

I'm going to get one.

stephen91
November 29th, 2015, 12:14 AM
I love the Pi computers but being ARM processor based there are many products that I use that cannot run on this architecture. Unfortunately I have to stick with x86 CPU's.

poorguy
November 29th, 2015, 01:34 AM
My Error.

Copper Bezel
November 29th, 2015, 03:57 AM
What, no. He's referring to the ARM architecture the Pi uses, which a typical mobile SOC is, and a typical desktop is not (using x86 instead). Software for 32 and 64 bit flavors of the architecture do have to be compiled separately, but the application also has to be compiled specifically for the x86 or ARM instruction set. (Four possible combinations, technically, each with a different binary.) Commercial desktop software is almost never compiled for ARM.

help_me2
November 29th, 2015, 04:54 AM
Good deal, but I already have the rpi-b. The zero wouldn't give me any added functionality. But I can see why some would want one.

poorguy
November 29th, 2015, 02:43 PM
What, no. He's referring to the ARM architecture the Pi uses, which a typical mobile SOC is, and a typical desktop is not (using x86 instead). Software for 32 and 64 bit flavors of the architecture do have to be compiled separately, but the application also has to be compiled specifically for the x86 or ARM instruction set. (Four possible combinations, technically, each with a different binary.) Commercial desktop software is almost never compiled for ARM.


Hmmm. ok. i'm learning.

styx4
December 3rd, 2015, 02:41 AM
I've only used with the rpi-b+, but with this sitting at 5$ I feel as though
it would be just silly not to pick one or two of these up and play around with them.

Copper Bezel
December 3rd, 2015, 03:23 AM
There's apparently this CHIP thing (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer) at $9 that's basically the Pi Zero with OOTB networking and other handy extras. Component video instead of HDMI, for some reason, but apparently a more complete package. And ARMv7, so, technically will run Ubuntu.