Now that the Raspberry Pi 2 has been released, the little computer might actually be worth tinkering with! It now has a 4 core 800mhz CPU, and 1gb of RAM.
I've been kicking around the idea of picking one up on eBay, as they're only about $42 shipped (here). I have $100 burning a hole in my pocket at the moment. My mom gave it to me for my birthday nearly 2 months ago, and I'm trying not to spend it on something stupid, like bills. I want a toy, dammit!
I figure I could hook it up to my TV and configure it to run RetroPie, which is basically a bootable frontend with video game console emulators covering pretty much everything up through the original Playstation (PS1 emulation alone is worth the price!)
Still, I know these little suckers can be used for more than just emulation. I have absolutely no experience with any Linux OS, and my programming education pretty much stopped with BASIC... so I'm not sure if I'd really be able to make good use of the device.
I looked around on the internet and saw some creative uses... but nothing that made me say "I want to do that!!!" Has anyone seen anything cool, or had any ideas (or experiences) themselves?
I'd love to hear any ideas... doesn't matter what for. Internet, gaming, household use, or automotive use. Give me some inspiration!
I've been kicking around the idea of picking one up on eBay, as they're only about $42 shipped (here). I have $100 burning a hole in my pocket at the moment. My mom gave it to me for my birthday nearly 2 months ago, and I'm trying not to spend it on something stupid, like bills. I want a toy, dammit!
I figure I could hook it up to my TV and configure it to run RetroPie, which is basically a bootable frontend with video game console emulators covering pretty much everything up through the original Playstation (PS1 emulation alone is worth the price!)
Still, I know these little suckers can be used for more than just emulation. I have absolutely no experience with any Linux OS, and my programming education pretty much stopped with BASIC... so I'm not sure if I'd really be able to make good use of the device.
I looked around on the internet and saw some creative uses... but nothing that made me say "I want to do that!!!" Has anyone seen anything cool, or had any ideas (or experiences) themselves?
I'd love to hear any ideas... doesn't matter what for. Internet, gaming, household use, or automotive use. Give me some inspiration!
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