Raspberry Pi INCOMING!!!!

[vitinho444]

Raspberry Pi INCOMING!!!!

JUST ORDERED MY RASPBERRY PI MODEL B *_*

IM SO f'n HAPPY.

I have some questions, hope you guys can help me.

1 - Can i put linux on it? Like Ubuntu or any other, or backtrack
2 - How can i use Wifi on it ? My router is on my room, and my living room is like 9 miles from it..
3 - I ordered the board only, so i will buy a new SD Card, and then what?
4 - Can i make robots with it? thats one of the reasons i bought one.
5 - What is the main things people do with raspberry pi?
6 - What else can i do with it than programming in linux mainly..?

I think that's all.. so freaking happy, i hope the 800mhz cpu is enough.. since my phone has 600 and it sucks..

[hallsofvallhalla]

1. Raspberry pi has their own flavor of linux which works very well. It is much like ubuntu. You download from their site.
2. There is a wifi version so not sure which you got.
3. You need SD Card. I sprung for the mini touch screen, Mini keyboard with mouse, and few other things but they are not needed. I use my phone charger for power or my tablet charger.
4. You can do a TON of things with it. It has connections to attach arduino boards and custom stuff. You also can get a usb kit that you can build things that hook to the usb.
5. I loaded an AI on mine. I use it for my NodeJs server, and I installed MAME, SNES, NES, and Sega emulators on it and i can bring it anywhere and hook it to a TV and BAM got instant games.

[vitinho444]

OH yeah i forgot i will do a cloud server too

1. but that distro can i put like c++ compilers and stuff?
2 . i have the model b, it has ethernet but not sure if wifi
3. i have a wireless keyboard and mouse that connect with a usb stick, does it work? (its not mini.. its normal)
4. Arduino are that boards for motors and servos right? I might get one
5. Well.. it has a 800mhz processor how can it handle everything like that? Isnt that a bad thing?

[srachit]

Sorry to bring back such an old thread but one question for Halls, can you please link me to the raspberry pi with wifi? I do not think there is one, I believe you need to connect a dongle in order to get wifi on a raspberry pi, I may be wrong

[hallsofvallhalla]

i just meant you can order it with the Wifi usb ready to go

[Verahta]

On a related subject, would this cable (link below) work if you plugged it into the RPi and then into an older HDTV (one with the 3 jacks but not an HDMI port)? Would it work, or is that cable only for Playstations?

http://www.amazon.com/PS3-Component-AV- ... erter+3RCA

[hallsofvallhalla]

Not sure but you can plug in a standard RCA to the yellow output and then to the yellow input into the TV and it will work.