Hi guys. Maybe you've already heard about it, but recently something apparently cool came to my eyes. A group of British folks from the Cambridge University have built a credit-card-sized computer on top of an ARM CPU, called the "Raspberry Pi". The most impressing fact about this device is its price: 25 and 35 $ (respectively model A and B). Here are some spare specs from their website: - ARM 700Mhz Broadcom CPU - 128 and 256 MB RAM (depending on the model) - 1080p30 playback capabilities - HDMI and composite video output - 3,5 mm audio - 1 and 2 USB ports - an ethernet rj45 connector. For further info give a look at their website http://www.raspberrypi.org/ (specs into FAQs). Now, it has started like another OLPC project: a cheap machine for educational purposes, but because of its price, size and everything is great for industrial purposes too (there's someone at broadcom developing a cheap expansion card that can be used to drive motors, sensors and stuff like that - see http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/500). Some guys at Fedora have been working on their ARM distribution and will be relasing their Raspberry version tomorrow - http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/676 There also is a working Debian version with basic software such as LXDE a browser and a Python interpreter. Being interested in writing software for these machines and - first of all - in OpenSUSE, I was wondering if we had software able to run on the Pi. I started looking at the ARM opensuse project and, thanks to miska, I discovered that yes - we have some software ready. In particular the Pi processor is an ARM11 (ARMv6), and we have some compatible ARMv5 packages in the repository, but still not enough to have a nearly complete working desktop system. (There isn't any web browser, is there?) Also, it seems there are no enough ARM machines working to the Build Service to serve this project. I'd be glad to know how every thing's going on, how can I help and what can I do to help openSUSE beat Fedo.... I mean, rock all the way. But, principally, if someone else is interested in it. And, just a note: Because of their price, couldn't a couple more Pi take the place of the PandaBoards? Referring to the campaign, http://pledgie.com/campaigns/16098 With the money, ~415€, you could buy like 10 Pi boards plus SD cards and stuff, but this is just a flash idea) Maybe it's just a fool thought, but I sincerely hope to see a lot of geckos on these little machines. An old man once told me: You have to "... foster the success of Linux everywhere. We want Linux to be successful in a wide range of application domains like server, desktop, or development". Thanks and "have a lot of fun", Alfio. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org