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Adafruit launches Raspberry Pi Educational Linux Distro, hastens our hacking

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Adafruit launches Raspberry Pi Educational Linux Distro, hastens our hacking

The Raspberry Pi is already considered a hacker's paradise. However, that assumes that owners have all the software they need to start in the first place. Adafruit wants to give the process a little nudge through its Raspberry Pi Educational Linux Distro. The software includes a customized distribution of Raspbian, Occidentalis, that either turns on or optimizes SSHD access, Bonjour networking, WiFi adapter support and other hack-friendly tools. The build further rolls in Hexxeh's firmware and a big, pre-built 4GB SD card image. Before you start frantically clicking the download link, be aware that the "educational" title doesn't refer to a neophyte's playground -- Adafruit still assumes you know enough about Linux and Raspberry Pi units to be productive (or dangerous). Anyone who was already intrigued by the Raspberry Pi by itself, though, might appreciate what happens when it's tossed into a fruit salad.

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Adafruit launches Raspberry Pi Educational Linux Distro, hastens our hacking originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Chromium browser for Raspberry Pi beta available

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Chromium browser for Raspberry Pi beta available

Well known ChromiumOS developer Hexxeh has been fiddling around with the Raspberry Pi since its debut and his latest experiment is a beta version of the Chromium browser, ready to run on Raspbian images. While it's not the full Chromium OS (that's still under development) it should help ease the pain of browsing the web on one of the $35 Broadcom-powered units. It still requires quite a bit of horsepower however, so overclocking your Raspberry Pi and using a fast USB stick or SD card for storage is advised, hit the source link below for more instructions on downloading and running the 35MB~ package.

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Chromium browser for Raspberry Pi beta available originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Chromium OS gets ported to Raspberry Pi

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DNP Chromium OS gets ported to Raspberry Pi

Hexxeh has already proven his love for Chromium OS and the Raspberry Pi, obviously the next step was for the hacker to combine his passions into one project. Thus was born Chromium OS for the tiny ARM-powered computer from the UK. The initial commit of the port was officially approved by the Chromium team, meaning that anyone lucky enough to get their mitts on the board can download the code themselves. Of course, there's a long road to hoe before we see a stable version -- if we ever see such a thing. Right now the OS does little more than boot up, but if the embedded version of Chromium can be made to function without issue it could make browsing the web on the Broadcom SOC-sporting PC much less painful. Then again, performance is a big question mark. Seeing how much the 700MHz ARM11 chip struggled with the Midori browser, we wouldn't hold our breath for miracles. Then again, the underlying system is far less demanding than a full fledged Linux distro with a desktop. Hit up the source link to download Chromium OS for the Raspberry Pi yourself.

Chromium OS gets ported to Raspberry Pi originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Simple firmware updater for Raspberry Pi released, won’t speed up your order

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Simple firmware updater for Raspberry Pi released, won't speed up your order

Getting hung up by having to constantly reinstall the firmware while working with your Raspberry Pi? So was developer Hexxeh (of ChromiumOS fame) who apparently got fed up enough to write his own tool that greatly simplifies the process. Thankfully for the thousands of other folks lucky enough to get their hands on their own Raspberry Pi already, he also recently went ahead and released the tool for free. Hit the source link below for all the necessary details to get started with it.

Simple firmware updater for Raspberry Pi released, won't speed up your order originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 May 2012 05:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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