Raspberry Pi

[SupremeSpod]

Do I win

Well, you got yours before me. Don't know about anyone else. I owe you a pint.

Btw, does anyone else think that "Linux" may not be the correct OS for kids?

How about RiscOS as in the old "Archimedes", at least they'd get access to a decent BASIC and wouldn't have to worry about "sudo", "su", "ls" and stuff...

[Pondlife]

Well, you got yours before me. Don't know about anyone else. I owe you a pint.

Btw, does anyone else think that "Linux" may not be the correct OS for kids?

How about RiscOS as in the old "Archimedes", at least they'd get access to a decent BASIC and wouldn't have to worry about "sudo", "su", "ls" and stuff...

Unless someone writes startx on a postit note and sticks it on the telly, they're fooked

[SupremeSpod]

Unless someone writes startx on a postit note and sticks it on the telly, they're fooked

I set up my cross platform development system yesterday. I can build stuff, just haven't got my hardware to run it on yet!

Btw, check out OpenELEC - The living room PC for everyone

They've got a section on building their distro and apps for the RasPi.

[SupremeSpod]

Ok, it arrived yesterday (10/05/2012).

Just had it running in the office, powered from the USB port on my PC - works very well.

Will be taking it home tonight and hacking away like a mad bastard over the weekend.

I still maintain that Linux is not an OS for kids.

Oi Pondy! Mine came with a leaflet that had "startx" written on it

[Sysman]

Btw, check out OpenELEC - The living room PC for everyone

That looks interesting. Ta.

Ok, it arrived yesterday (10/05/2012).

Just had it running in the office, powered from the USB port on my PC - works very well.

I still maintain that Linux is not an OS for kids.

I keep hoping, but I've yet to come across a release where I don't need to resort to command line stuff to get some pretty basic preferences to my liking.

[SupremeSpod]

That looks interesting. Ta.



I keep hoping, but I've yet to come across a release where I don't need to resort to command line stuff to get some pretty basic preferences to my liking.

I downloaded the source for RiscOS a couple of days ago and have been looking at that with a view to trying to get it running on the "Pi" but considering most of the code is in "arm" assembler it's going to be a bastard of a job.

I've stolen the BSP from "OpenELEC" so I'll see if I can port my BASIC interpreter on top of a simple OS. Trouble is, I'm in charge of the baby this weekend, as CM is out on a Hen party so I won't have much time unless "BabySpod" turns out to be a Daemon Coder!

[doodab]

Trouble is, I'm in charge of the baby this weekend, as CM is out on a Hen party so I won't have much time unless "BabySpod" turns out to be a Daemon Coder!

You don't really want his first word to be fork(), it might be misinterpreted.

[SupremeSpod]

You don't really want his first word to be fork(), it might be misinterpreted.

Considering his mother is Irish and she's married to me, what do you think his first word is going to be?

[Sysman]

I downloaded the source for RiscOS a couple of days ago and have been looking at that with a view to trying to get it running on the "Pi" but considering most of the code is in "arm" assembler it's going to be a bastard of a job.

I've stolen the BSP from "OpenELEC" so I'll see if I can port my BASIC interpreter on top of a simple OS. Trouble is, I'm in charge of the baby this weekend, as CM is out on a Hen party so I won't have much time unless "BabySpod" turns out to be a Daemon Coder!

Ouch, that was bad timing.

Code while the baby kips I suppose.

[DaveB]

Considering his mother is Irish and she's married to me, what do you think his first word is going to be?

"Hello, is that childline?"