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Linux Migration complete – Munich
Looks like the migration is complete. Lets see what happens long term. But a positive step.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2079800/switch-to-open-source-successfully-completed-city-of-munich-says.html
Pi cluster Photos
13 / 12 / 2013
Here are a few photos taken of the Exeter lug meet where we built a beowolf cluster with raspberry pis.
Make mint look like win 7
I found this while just researching how to do this, after seeing it for myself
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1173
Looks very useful, esp if you want to help new users migrate from win7 to Linux and help may transition smooth. Or at least try to 🙂
PI jam ID badges
I have made up a few ID badges for some of the lug members who are attending the pi jam in Torbay to demo etc.
PI jam Exeter 23/11/2013
Just got back from the Pi jam in Exeter. Below are some photos / notes from the event.
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What the event is all about, the Raspberry Pi.
Upon arrival simon had already set up an interesting demo,
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This project is essentially a frame and windchimes, being sounded by some motors with wire sticking up, so that when the motor rotates, it hits the chime, this is all controlled via a raspberry pi, the laptop I think is there to provide a remote link to the Pi.
Video
The Lego mindstorms robot made its regular appearance.
The website for this is here : http://fullmeasure.co.uk/legoroversdevon
But on a related note these links may be of interest.
http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/11/brickpi/
http://www.dexterindustries.com/BrickPi.html
This is a hacked radio controlled car with a onboard pi and bluetooth.
Tom brough demonstrated his ball tracking robot and also the wii board controlling the same robot.
This robot can also be controlled via a wii board.
GertDino board
Combo of the Gertboard, Arduino and AT mega, According to Element 14 the price is <£18.87*
Pi site info : http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/5308
Element 14 more detailed description : http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-64326
Price is quoted from the website.
Looks interesting.
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Wolfran and Mathematica on the PI
Mathematica now available on the Raspberry pi for free, also the wolfran language is available for free
How Munich adopted Linux
This was posted to the list but does highlight that it IS possible to reject microsoft.
2 Million Pi’s
Two million Pi’s have now been sold, that is a big milestone. Here’s to the Next 1 million and beyond.