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Raspberry Pi 2

fixidixi

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I still got my old one with the original black plastic case :). just installed a headless openttd on it. compile took 90minutes:



real 90m35.763s



user 87m14.690s



sys 1m42.660s
 
KuJoe

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MannDude

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KuJoe said:
My RPi2 arrived today. Ordered this case off Amazon (along with a new MicroSD card and WIFI adapter):

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MQWQT0A/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Nice! What plans do you have for yours? What WiFi adapter did you get?

All I am waiting on now is some heatsinks which aren't really necessary for anything I am planning to do but for $5 I thought it'd be worthwhile to throw them on anyway. They were supposed to be here Wednesday. May be here tomorrow? Something must have happened between Utah and Michigan, even though that is the strangest route ever.. I order stuff from the west often and I've never seen a package go to Michigan before coming to me. Usually winds up in Chicago, then to Indianapolis, then to my town and doorstep. =/

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KuJoe

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MannDude said:
Nice! What plans do you have for yours? What WiFi adapter did you get?
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I have a few ideas depending on the performance:

Observium for monitoring home network and devices (to replace MRTG on my Model B+).

Thin clients for the family.

Desktop for my daughter.

IP Security Camera (the video is a bit choppy on the Model B+ at higher resolutions).

For the WIFI adapter I just ordered another Edimax EW-7811Un for $9 shipped. I got one for my Model B+ back in 2013 and it's been solid. There are dozens of tutorials out there specifically for this adapter so I knew it works and is really easy to setup.
 
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BlackoutIsHere

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I still haven't even had time to get a working Micro SD for my B+ so I'm a bit hesitant to buy a Pi 2. I do love my Pis though... I'd love to see what can be done with the new more powerful processor.
 
HalfEatenPie

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BlackoutIsHere said:
I still haven't even had time to get a working Micro SD for my B+ so I'm a bit hesitant to buy a Pi 2. I do love my Pis though... I'd love to see what can be done with the new more powerful processor.
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Yeah the Pi 2 now has replaced my home "server" (mostly just a low powered device that's 24/7 powered on now).  My Model B will be used as... I don't know.  I never really had the most use for a raspberry pi actually besides for the novelty of it.   Any good home projects anyone?  
 
rmlhhd

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Got my Pi setup as a bridge between my Proxmox server in France and home so I can access the VM's local network without having to setup a VPN on each and every device I use, just deploy the settings via DHCP.
 
drmike

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HalfEatenPie said:
Yeah the Pi 2 now has replaced my home "server" (mostly just a low powered device that's 24/7 powered on now).  My Model B will be used as... I don't know.  I never really had the most use for a raspberry pi actually besides for the novelty of it.   Any good home projects anyone?  
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How about plugging external storage to the Model B then install Tonidoplug software (it's free self hosted cloud - think OwnCloud-like, but the project precedes OwnCloud):

http://www.tonido.com/tonido-for-raspberry-pi-2/

Direct download for Raspbian:

http://patch.codelathe.com/tonido/live/installer/armv6l-rpi/tonido.tar.gz

Install instructions:

http://www.tonido.com/support/display/docs/Raspberry+Pi
 
drmike

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Tonido opened up it's Pro version last month I think.  Now it's free and what installs.  Sadly other addons they had in the hardware version seem absent.   

Would be nicer with some extensions - like notes, wiki, calendar, etc.

The software is a tad broken in spots.    But it works.
 
ChrisM

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MannDude said:
Nice! What plans do you have for yours? What WiFi adapter did you get?

All I am waiting on now is some heatsinks which aren't really necessary for anything I am planning to do but for $5 I thought it'd be worthwhile to throw them on anyway. They were supposed to be here Wednesday. May be here tomorrow? Something must have happened between Utah and Michigan, even though that is the strangest route ever.. I order stuff from the west often and I've never seen a package go to Michigan before coming to me. Usually winds up in Chicago, then to Indianapolis, then to my town and doorstep. =/

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I had something sitting in allen park on the same day that was delayed due to the storm..
 
KuJoe

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Got my case, WiFi adapter, and MicroSD card so I'm ready to play. I've been running the beta version of RPITC for a few days and really like it. Watching the CPU cores NOT max out under normal usage with a GUI is the best thing so far.
 
T

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MCM Finally had them back in stock so I broke down and bought a Rapberry Pi 2  -_-

Hopefully it will be here quickly.  Now to order a case and a memory card.

I blame all of you for this purchase, I was quite happy with my B+ and then I had to read about how much more awesome the quad core is  :unsure:!

Cheers! 
 
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