[ubuntu-uk] Raspberry Pi

[john beddard]

On 29/02/12 17:52, Simon Greenwood wrote:
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> On 29 February 2012 17:41, Andy Braben <andybraben at gmail.com
> <mailto:andybraben at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On 29 February 2012 17:27, john beddard <john at creationspace.co.uk
>     <mailto:john at creationspace.co.uk>> wrote:
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>         This the breakthrough we needed !
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>         http://uk.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=raspberrypi&cm_mmc=UK-PPC-0212-_-02_Raspberry_PI-_-Raspberry_PI-_-Raspberry_Pi
>         <http://uk.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=raspberrypi&cm_mmc=UK-PPC-0212-_-02_Raspberry_PI-_-Raspberry_PI-_-Raspberry_Pi>
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>     says Fedora
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>     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17190334
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>     says Debian.
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>     I doubt if they have a full standard install of either operating
>     system.
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> The Fedora build is a desktop build (called a remix, so probably not
> with all the bangs and whistles of the out of the box DVD distro) and
> fits on a 2Gb SD card. The Debian build is, I believe, more server
> oriented, but that's Debian generally is. XFCE will run happily in
> 256Mb of RAM and there are other small GUIs with the same kind of
> footprint/
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> s/
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Yes, but at least its going to popularise Linux in the school
environment. Along with making coding fun.
It will almost certainly not be a full standard install of either Fedora
or Debian. However it presents a breakthrough that can be built on.

John

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