# Any Raspberry Pi users here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [December 28, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/any-raspberry-pi-users-here/24930 "2013-12-28T23:34:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/any-raspberry-pi-users-here/24930/1 "2013-12-28T23:34:23Z")
I’m considering the purchase of a kit - including case, power supply, wifi adapter, and possibly a wireless keyboard. Oh, and the board itself (the model b). Wondering if anyone has seen any good bundle deals for those in the US? I’ve found a few on Amazon, but would hate to miss something that’s well known. 🙂 ## Jim Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/any-raspberry-pi-users-here/24930/2 "2013-12-29T08:02:39Z")
> [@](#): > > On Sat 28 Dec 2013 09:34:23 PM CST, Jim Henderson wrote: > > I’m considering the purchase of a kit - including case, power supply, > wifi adapter, and possibly a wireless keyboard. Oh, and the board > itself (the model b). > > Wondering if anyone has seen any good bundle deals for those in the > US? I’ve found a few on Amazon, but would hate to miss something that’s > well known. 🙂 > > Jim Hi I prefer the pie version with ice cream… You could check the opensuse-arm channel on Freenode as they are up with the play on hardware… – Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SLED 11 SP3 (x86\_64) GNOME 2.28.0 Kernel 3.0.101-0.8-default If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![lhaig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ec9cab/32.png) [@lhaig](https://forums.suse.com/u/lhaig)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/any-raspberry-pi-users-here/24930/3 "2013-12-29T20:44:34Z")
On 28/12/2013 23:34, Jim Henderson wrote:[color=blue] > I’m considering the purchase of a kit - including case, power supply, wifi > adapter, and possibly a wireless keyboard. Oh, and the board itself (the > model b). > > Wondering if anyone has seen any good bundle deals for those in the US? > I’ve found a few on Amazon, but would hate to miss something that’s well > known. 🙂 > > Jim > [/color] Hi Jim, I have a Pi but I bought mine in the Uk so would not be much help with where to get yours. They are quite versatile and I currently use mine as a media player but there are loads of uses. ---
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On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 06:02:39 +0000, malcolmlewis wrote: [color=blue] > Hi I prefer the pie version with ice cream…[/color] I was thinking of playing with Android on the device, too, though I understand Android builds are a bit slower). [color=blue] > You could check the opensuse-arm channel on Freenode as they are up with > the play on hardware…[/color] That’s a good idea - thanks. 🙂 Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/any-raspberry-pi-users-here/24930/5 "2013-12-29T21:43:48Z")
On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 18:44:34 +0000, Lance Haig wrote: [color=blue] > I have a Pi but I bought mine in the Uk so would not be much help with > where to get yours. > > They are quite versatile and I currently use mine as a media player but > there are loads of uses.[/color] Yeah, I’ve had a few ideas. Some of the kits include a breadboard and jumpers, which would take me back to my microprocessor class (in a manner of speaking), building stuff controlled by the Pi. But if I really wanted to dig into that, I’d probably do an arduino instead. 🙂 Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/any-raspberry-pi-users-here/24930/6 "2014-01-02T10:50:13Z")
Lance Haig,[color=blue] > and I currently use mine as a media player but > there are loads of uses.[/color] Audio? Video or both? I am contemplating the same. – Anders Gustafsson (NKP) The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) Have an idea for a product enhancement? Please visit: [http://www.novell.com/rms](http://www.novell.com/rms) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/any-raspberry-pi-users-here/24930/7 "2014-01-02T10:50:13Z")
Jim Henderson,[color=blue] > But if I really > wanted to dig into that, I’d probably do an arduino instead. :)[/color] Or a PIC, because then I’d be able to help you 🙂 Knowing you and assuming you’d rather code than solder, then I guess the Pi is the right bet for you. If you want to get nitty-gritty then pick a suitable Microchip PIC and a breadboard and use either C or assembly. People with a strong C background tend to be disappointed with the Arduino libraries. – Anders Gustafsson (NKP) The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) Have an idea for a product enhancement? Please visit: [http://www.novell.com/rms](http://www.novell.com/rms) ---
**Author:** ![lhaig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ec9cab/32.png) [@lhaig](https://forums.suse.com/u/lhaig)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/any-raspberry-pi-users-here/24930/8 "2014-01-02T15:37:30Z")
On 02/01/2014 10:50, Anders Gustafsson wrote:[color=blue] > Lance Haig,[color=green] > > > and I currently use mine as a media player but > > there are loads of uses.[/color] > > Audio? Video or both? I am contemplating the same. > [/color] I use it for both. raspbmc is your distro 🙂 Lance ---
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Lance Haig,[color=blue] > I use it for both. > > raspbmc is your distro :-)[/color] Perfect. Are you US or Europe-based? (As standards differ) – Anders Gustafsson (NKP) The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) Have an idea for a product enhancement? Please visit: [http://www.novell.com/rms](http://www.novell.com/rms) ---
**Author:** ![lhaig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ec9cab/32.png) [@lhaig](https://forums.suse.com/u/lhaig)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/any-raspberry-pi-users-here/24930/10 "2014-01-02T16:18:13Z")
On 02/01/2014 15:57, Anders Gustafsson wrote:[color=blue] > Lance Haig,[color=green] > > > I use it for both. > > > > raspbmc is your distro :-)[/color] > > Perfect. Are you US or Europe-based? (As standards differ) > [/color] South Africa Actually, But my TV etc… are UK made. So you should be OK 🙂 Lance ---
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On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 08:50:13 +0000, Anders Gustafsson wrote: [color=blue] > Jim Henderson,[color=green] > > > But if I really wanted to dig into that, I’d probably do an arduino > > instead. :)[/color] > > Or a PIC, because then I’d be able to help you 🙂 Knowing you and > assuming you’d rather code than solder, then I guess the Pi is the right > bet for you. If you want to get nitty-gritty then pick a suitable > Microchip PIC and a breadboard and use either C or assembly. People with > a strong C background tend to be disappointed with the Arduino > libraries.[/color] That’s good to know, thanks - I did end up getting a pi with a breadboard (it was actually cheaper because of the free shipping than the same kit without the breadboard - Amazon prime for the first, and not for the second, even though they’re from the same company. Weird). Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
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> [@](#): > > On Thu 02 Jan 2014 07:57:05 PM CST, Jim Henderson wrote: > > On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 08:50:13 +0000, Anders Gustafsson wrote: > [color=blue] > > > Jim Henderson,[color=green] > > > > > But if I really wanted to dig into that, I’d probably do an arduino > > > instead. :)[/color] > > > > Or a PIC, because then I’d be able to help you 🙂 Knowing you and > > assuming you’d rather code than solder, then I guess the Pi is the > > right bet for you. If you want to get nitty-gritty then pick a > > suitable Microchip PIC and a breadboard and use either C or assembly. > > People with a strong C background tend to be disappointed with the > > Arduino libraries.[/color] > > That’s good to know, thanks - I did end up getting a pi with a > breadboard (it was actually cheaper because of the free shipping than > the same kit without the breadboard - Amazon prime for the first, and > not for the second, even though they’re from the same company. Weird). > > Jim Hi I see Larry Finger has one too, running openSUSE; [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2014-01/msg00015.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2014-01/msg00015.html) – Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SLED 11 SP3 (x86\_64) GNOME 2.28.0 Kernel 3.0.101-0.8-default If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks! ---
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On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:02:55 +0000, malcolmlewis wrote: [color=blue] > Hi I see Larry Finger has one too, running openSUSE; > [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2014-01/msg00015.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2014-01/msg00015.html)[/color] Cool. I have been thinking about building an sd card that has the openSUSE ARM distribution on it. I was really surprised, though, to see that the openSUSE RPi work isn’t mentioned at all on the RPi site. Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
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What software? – Anders Gustafsson (NKP) The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) Have an idea for a product enhancement? Please visit: [http://www.novell.com/rms](http://www.novell.com/rms) ---
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On 09/01/2014 20:04, Anders Gustafsson wrote:[color=blue] > What software? > [/color] My TV is an Sony LCD that is around 5 years old and was bought in the UK. My Pi is running the raspbmc distribution installed with this version [http://download.raspbmc.com/downloads/bin/ramdistribution/installer.img.gz](http://download.raspbmc.com/downloads/bin/ramdistribution/installer.img.gz) [http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Raspbmc](http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Raspbmc) [http://www.raspbmc.com/wiki/](http://www.raspbmc.com/wiki/) I hope that is what you were asking Lance ---
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Lance Haig,[color=blue] > I hope that is what you were asking[/color] Yes. I watched this yesterday: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O4fCGrwrqw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O4fCGrwrqw) Must get one and find the time to play with it. What do you have hardware-wise? Ie tuner, storage etc? – Anders Gustafsson (NKP) The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) Have an idea for a product enhancement? Please visit: [http://www.novell.com/rms](http://www.novell.com/rms) ---
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On 10/01/2014 08:39, Anders Gustafsson wrote:[color=blue] > Lance Haig,[color=green] > > > I hope that is what you were asking[/color] > > Yes. I watched this yesterday: > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O4fCGrwrqw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O4fCGrwrqw) > > Must get one and find the time to play with it. What do you have > hardware-wise? Ie tuner, storage etc? > [/color] I don’t use a tuner. I only watch video backups of my DVD and bueRAy collection. Makes my disks last longer (Not get scratched) I cut them to my NAS and then stream from there to my Pi Regards Lance ---
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Lance Haig,[color=blue] > I cut them to my NAS and then stream from there to my Pi[/color] OK. Just wondering. I have a Topfield PVR that I just put a 1Gb disk in abd I see there are people who have hooked up those as well. – Anders Gustafsson (NKP) The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) Have an idea for a product enhancement? Please visit: [http://www.novell.com/rms](http://www.novell.com/rms) ---
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On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 17:29:21 +0000, Lance Haig wrote: [color=blue] > I only watch video backups of my DVD and bueRAy collection. > Makes my disks last longer (Not get scratched) > > I cut them to my NAS and then stream from there to my Pi[/color] Out of curiosity, do you use mkv files or just mp4? I’m using openELEC on one sdcard, and with mkv files, I don’t get any audio. I just mount the directory via NFS. I might give raspbmc a try instead if that’s working for you with mkv files. Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner