I subscribe to 2 Linux magazines (both British)...Linux Format, and Linux User & Developer. They often have Raspberry Pi projects. You may be able to also find them on-line or in a book store. I thought that Barnes & Noble even carried a magazine devoted to Raspberry Pi. Lifehacker.com also should probably have some articles, tutorials, and projects. Lastly, I thought that the Twin Cities Maker group used to sometimes hold Raspberry Pi sessions. I'll have to check again myself because I've been wanting to do this for some time. -- Nicholas On 06/11/13 04:59 PM, tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org wrote: > Send tclug-list mailing list submissions to > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tclug-list-owner at mn-linux.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of tclug-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Raspberry Pi fun uses? (Jordan Heinz) > 2. Re: recommend used desktop? (Jordan Heinz) > 3. Re: zfs/xfs/btrfs (Jordan Heinz) > 4. Re: Raspberry Pi fun uses? (Andrew Dahl) > 5. Re: recommend used desktop? (Tom Poe) > 6. Re: recommend used desktop? (Tom Poe) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 22:34:36 +0000 > From: Jordan Heinz <jordan at jbheinz.com> > To: "tclug-list at mn-linux.org" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: [tclug-list] Raspberry Pi fun uses? > Message-ID: > <7E287D20F76F4A4CBDCCE103E911733BBC3351D5 at blackburrow.jbheinz.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I am a relatively new member to the mailing list.. I saw someone did a presentation on the Raspberry Pi last year.. I just got my hands on two of them about a month ago.. I googled some fun projects to use them for.. Not hitting any that I'm absolutely in love with yet. I am actually using one to run my bitcoin mining rig.. the other sits idle with Raspbian on it. Are there any users out there of them? I'm not really into programming or robotics.. so that annuls quite a few projects for it. Any good URLs would also be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Jordan > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 22:31:18 +0000 > From: Jordan Heinz <jordan at jbheinz.com> > To: "tclug-list at mn-linux.org" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] recommend used desktop? > Message-ID: > <7E287D20F76F4A4CBDCCE103E911733BBC3351CA at blackburrow.jbheinz.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Those $50-$100 used HP desktops will be fine for what you need. I would do some research on the webcam you decide to purchase though.. to ensure it is compatible with Linux. I purchased a Microsoft webcam once.. and eventually tried to use it in Linux.. big mistake. I think any Logitech will be good. > > -Jordan > > On 11/06/2013 01:22 PM, tclug at freakzilla.com wrote: >> You can easily put together a new mini-itx system that'll happily run >> the latest Linux desktop software for under $300. Source: I just did. >> >> What are you planning on running on the thing? Unless you're doing >> REALLY heavy stuff you should be fine. >> >> On Wed, 6 Nov 2013, Tom Poe wrote: >> >>> Hello: Time for me to think about purchasing used desktop that can >>> handle latest linux software. How old can I go? Less than $200 price >>> range still reasonable expectation? Any thoughts appreciated. >>> Tom >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> > Well, googled mini-itx and scanned over site. Looks techie to me. I > mostly do email and watch msnbc videos, but would like to set up webcam > video production so I can make youtube rants about current events to > keep me occupied through the winter. Graphics apps and webcam > configuration desired. I checked with Minco in St Cloud, and they have > a couple HP desktops with XP on them. > Tom > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 22:41:49 +0000 > From: Jordan Heinz <jordan at jbheinz.com> > To: "tclug-list at mn-linux.org" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] zfs/xfs/btrfs > Message-ID: > <7E287D20F76F4A4CBDCCE103E911733BBC3351EA at blackburrow.jbheinz.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I would throw in my vote for XFS too. I've been running a 7TB software RAID5 at home for many years now with XFS.. zero issues. I am glad I chose it as opposed to ext4 or zfs. > > -Jordan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 11:49:17 -0600 > From: Andrew Dahl <droidjd at gmail.com> > To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] zfs/xfs/btrfs > Message-ID: > <CAFjzMdwHaJsRikjyBmAcuYWvAzS+TyE=eFg3S-gAi+N-88qiEQ at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I would throw my hat in with XFS. It's more mature on Linux than ZFS (I > think) and it's going to be the default filesystem on RHEL7, so it should > be getting even more attention and use then. (It's also very mature... 19 > years old now and it was ported to Linux in the late 90s.) > > Just my $0.02 > > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 11:43 AM, <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: > >> Well, if my RAID truly is dead and I can't recover any of the data on it >> (which it's looking like right now) then there's really no problem with me >> trashig that thing and letting ZFS take over. >> >> I have 8 disks in there. What I assumed RAID5 would do with that was 6+2, >> which is fine by me. If ZFS can give me the same result as a RAID5 array >> can (as in, a continuous 18TB filesystem with 6TB for parity, or whatever) >> I'm totally fine with that. I will have to read up on ZFS, which I >> should've done ages ago anyway. >> >> >> >> On Wed, 6 Nov 2013, Andrew Berg wrote: >> >> On 2013.11.06 11:28, tclug at freakzilla.com wrote: >>>> Yeah, I'm worried especially about stability on Linux, since I'm not >>>> rebuilding this entire server (: >>>> >>>> This is software RAID5 - can ZFS just take over from that? I've not done >>>> a >>>> ton with it. >>>> >>> Depends on what you mean by take over. You can have an arbitrary number >>> of data disks with an arbitrary number of parity disks (though using >>> 2, 4, or 8 data disks is more efficient than other configurations), so >>> yes, you can easily do 4+1 with ZFS. >>> If you mean have some kind of RAID setup already that you want to put ZFS >>> on top of, that's a bad idea and you should let ZFS' zpool >>> functionality handle that. You shouldn't (and in some cases can't) use >>> other volume management or RAID systems underneath ZFS, since it can >>> lead to ZFS making poor decisions based on incorrect information about >>> the disks. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20131106/babb896e/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > End of tclug-list Digest, Vol 107, Issue 5 > ****************************************** > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 16:47:21 -0600 > From: Andrew Dahl <droidjd at gmail.com> > To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Raspberry Pi fun uses? > Message-ID: > <CAFjzMdyz_PV3dMshMKfPyKqg0Goj=A2QjCvrXUxP5t0R47OzYA at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Although not too complex of a project, and maybe not too much what you're > looking for, but I won a Raspberry Pi a few weeks ago and was thinking of > using it in a MAME Arcade box. Here's a link: > http://store.raspberrypi.com/projects/mame4all_pi > > -Andrew > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Jordan Heinz <jordan at jbheinz.com> wrote: > >> I am a relatively new member to the mailing list.. I saw someone did a >> presentation on the Raspberry Pi last year.. I just got my hands on two of >> them about a month ago.. I googled some fun projects to use them for.. Not >> hitting any that I'm absolutely in love with yet. I am actually using one >> to run my bitcoin mining rig.. the other sits idle with Raspbian on it. >> Are there any users out there of them? I'm not really into programming or >> robotics.. so that annuls quite a few projects for it. Any good URLs would >> also be appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Jordan >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20131106/17f3424a/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 16:55:10 -0600 > From: Tom Poe <tompoe at meltel.net> > To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] recommend used desktop? > Message-ID: <527AC8CE.5070807 at meltel.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 11/06/2013 04:31 PM, Jordan Heinz wrote: >> Those $50-$100 used HP desktops will be fine for what you need. I would do some research on the webcam you decide to purchase though.. to ensure it is compatible with Linux. I purchased a Microsoft webcam once.. and eventually tried to use it in Linux.. big mistake. I think any Logitech will be good. >> >> -Jordan >> >> On 11/06/2013 01:22 PM, tclug at freakzilla.com wrote: >>> You can easily put together a new mini-itx system that'll happily run >>> the latest Linux desktop software for under $300. Source: I just did. >>> >>> What are you planning on running on the thing? Unless you're doing >>> REALLY heavy stuff you should be fine. >>> >>> On Wed, 6 Nov 2013, Tom Poe wrote: >>> >>>> Hello: Time for me to think about purchasing used desktop that can >>>> handle latest linux software. How old can I go? Less than $200 price >>>> range still reasonable expectation? Any thoughts appreciated. >>>> Tom >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >>> >> Well, googled mini-itx and scanned over site. Looks techie to me. I >> mostly do email and watch msnbc videos, but would like to set up webcam >> video production so I can make youtube rants about current events to >> keep me occupied through the winter. Graphics apps and webcam >> configuration desired. I checked with Minco in St Cloud, and they have >> a couple HP desktops with XP on them. >> Tom >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> > You're right about webcams. I had good luck with Logitech 9000. > Tom > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 16:58:43 -0600 > From: Tom Poe <tompoe at meltel.net> > To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] recommend used desktop? > Message-ID: <527AC9A3.3040909 at meltel.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 11/06/2013 04:02 PM, tclug at freakzilla.com wrote: >> My mini-itx idea was definitely a DIY project. Which some people find >> fun! But if you're not comfortable building your own system, >> definitely get a refurb/openbox from Microcenter. >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, 6 Nov 2013, Tom Poe wrote: >> >>> On 11/06/2013 01:22 PM, tclug at freakzilla.com wrote: >>>> You can easily put together a new mini-itx system that'll happily >>>> run the latest Linux desktop software for under $300. Source: I just >>>> did. >>>> >>>> What are you planning on running on the thing? Unless you're doing >>>> REALLY heavy stuff you should be fine. >>>> >>>> On Wed, 6 Nov 2013, Tom Poe wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello: Time for me to think about purchasing used desktop that can >>>>> handle latest linux software. How old can I go? Less than $200 >>>>> price range still reasonable expectation? Any thoughts appreciated. >>>>> Tom >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>> >>>> >>> Well, googled mini-itx and scanned over site. Looks techie to me. I >>> mostly do email and watch msnbc videos, but would like to set up >>> webcam video production so I can make youtube rants about current >>> events to keep me occupied through the winter. Graphics apps and >>> webcam configuration desired. I checked with Minco in St Cloud, and >>> they have a couple HP desktops with XP on them. >>> Tom >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> > I'm standing here applauding any and all that are able to complete > mini-tx projects. I think I will pursue the refurbished angle. :) > Tom > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > End of tclug-list Digest, Vol 107, Issue 7 > ****************************************** >