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Re: [LUG] A slice of Pi gets closer...

 

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On 16/01/12 08:29, Kai Hendry wrote:
> Aren't folks getting a little _too_ excited by Rasberry PI? I must say
> it's getting a absurd amount of coverage from BBC et al.

Better than their spending licence fees on "bonuses" IMHO.

> It's a toy, an education device. The specs are super low, yet people
> ask me if repeatedly if Webconverger will be ported to it. You can't
> hope to browse in a modern manner on 256megs of RAM I'm sorry to say.
> 
> It's not even great for driving a Webcam.
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/general-discussion/raspberry-pi-as-autonomous-surveillance-system#p9283

Until it's actually available to lots of people it's hard to be sure
what it can and can't do well. The webcam issue might be down to a
specific camera or lack of the right driver.
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