[colug-432] Raspberry Pi help needed

[Bill Baker]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 11:03 AM, Jeff mac.com <jcannell at mac.com> wrote:

> I was looking at it yesterday. I find it hard to believe the case can't
> open. It only comes with an 8gig sd card, what if you want to upgrade to
> a larger capacity card?
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Apparently it can open, it just takes a little work.  But I just ended up
returning it and bought each component individually (RPi, case, power cord,
microSD card).


> When you are playing around with a Pi3b, I don't think a case is really
> necessary... If you need one get a cheap one.
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I did.  I didn't want to just have it out in the open.


> The new pixel OS is probably your best bet for an OS. Puppy Linux should
> be good as well. I'd take it back within the 30 days and just get a pi3b
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I downloaded a Raspbian image and used dd to put it on my microSD card.
Pixel is just a desktop environment like Gnome or KDE and not an OS, isn't
it?  Because that's what my desktop looks like.


> If you want to go really old school you could emulate an Amiga or
> AppleII (yes I know this is a linux group)
>

I might try that.


> things you probably have or can get from a friend that you need for your
> pi:
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> -powered micro-USB cord- (I'm using a re-purposed blackberry charger)
> either you or someone has got to use this
>
> -old keyboard to plug into usb port
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> -hdmi cable- these suckers cost way to much- maybe cheaper online
>
> -old school mouse or touchpad.
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> -any display with hdmi port or use a converter for something you already
> have.
>

I have all of this stuff, I just used the HDMI cable from my cable box to
plug into my TV.  Once all the necessary settings were in place, I
disconnected everything but the power and the network cable and only
connect to it through SSH and VNC.  It's currently running an SSH server
over the internet so I can get to my home network from anywhere.


> -If you buy all the crap new you might as why get an old laptop.
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> -I just attached my pi to the side of a monitor.
>
> Dunno, just my .02
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> Now back to trying to configure UBUNTU on my new HP Pavillion.
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> Good Luck!
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> Jeff Cannell
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> On 01/21/2017 09:48 PM, Bill Baker wrote:
> > I bought a PowerSpec Raspberry Pi ThinLinX tonight from Micro Center.  I
> > was attracted by the fact that it was $50 for everything I wanted (or so
> > I thought) down from its normal price of $80.  I got it home and tried
> > to boot it up.  After booting, I realized that it was just a thin
> > client.  I want a full operating system on it.  I tried opening it up to
> > get the MicroSD card out, but I can't seem to do that without breaking
> > it.  Is there any way that anyone knows of to just load Raspbian on
> > this?  Or should I just take it back to Micro Center and get myself a
> > normal Raspberry Pi?
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