Just bought a raspberry pi, what you advise me to do?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4333678

by rogcg • 14 years ago

4 9 14 years ago

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Just bought a raspberry pi computer - mainly for test and development purposes - I'll start testing new distros, and working on the Linux kernel and testing stuff.

I'd like to know if you bought it, or have any idea, what else you advise me to do, that would be funny in development purposes, and also testing new hardware implementation for it. Any tutorial, etc?

lmm• 14 years ago

If you don't know what to do with it, sell it to someone who does. It's a tool, it's meant to enable you to do what you want, not be an end in itself.

rogcg4• 14 years ago

I know what I want to do with it as I mentioned in my post - I'm just asking for new opinions.

I'm asking what people have done with it, hardware implementation/improvement, and other tests. I want to share and learn new ways and stuff to do with it.

First try to understand the question, and not just answer it. =/

dholowiski• 14 years ago

What I really want to do is get about 10 of them, and build a web server cluster, and see how much traffic I can serve. It would be great experience building a complex site with many servers, on the cheap.

You could also weatherproof one, set it up to run on solar power, put it outside with a web cam attached. Or build a remote weather station.

rogcg4• 14 years ago

these are great things to do with it! Also I was thinking in implementing new hardware stuff for it.