Still crazy after all these years

[Ken Moffat]

I have a printer that I need to use with google cloud print, but it doesn't
directly support it. So I'm thinking instead of leaving my desktop on all
the time I can just have a RPi running. I am on laptops most of the time
and don't like to waste the power the old deskop needs.



On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:

> RaspberryPi is an incredible little machine.  I have used it for a Linux
> ARM desktop at times :)
>
> For anyone so inclined, there is code for a RPi that turns it into a
> little lab industrial control system (ICS) running several of the
> protocols popular in that vertical.
>
> Matt
>
> On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 16:40:41 Terence wrote:
> > Buying from any supplier will benefit the project, and you can
> contribute
> > directly should you wish.
> >
> > They are great to play with, and I am hoping to implement a home
> security
> > system based on one.
> >
> > On 17 February 2015 at 16:35, Ken Moffat <kmoffat at modizzle.net> wrote:
> > > Re: Rapberry PI
> > >
> > > I'll probably pick one up to play with, and wondered if there is an
> > > advantage to buying from the company as opposed to Amazon or Newegg
> or
> > > something. I have a gift card for Amazon, so that's preferred, but do
> want
> > > to actually support the project.
> > >
> > > Any tips?
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 5:07 AM, Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com>
> wrote:
> > >> On Monday, February 16, 2015 13:57:44 kwall at kurtwerks.com wrote:
> > >> > On 2015-02-16 10:55, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> > >> > > That is really weird; the /kid/ gives the /old man/ the pi.
> These
> > >> > > things are (partly) advertised as DIY gadgets that are supposed
> to be
> > >> > > used to teach kids how to program and build embedded controllers
> for
> > >> > > what-have-you.  Clearly the kid knows what the old man likes.
> Yes,
> > >>
> > >> it
> > >>
> > >> > > is a time suck.
> > >> >
> > >> > I thought about playing with an Arduino awhile back as something
> to
> > >> > attach to a Linux box to control random stuff. Never go past the
> > >> > thinking about part. I'm ready to pull the trigger on that or a
> > >> > raspberry pi now, though.
> > >>
> > >> Arduino is better if you are interested in lower-level embedded
> > >> development.  I use it for lots of things where I want to create a
> > >> firmware thing from the ground up (with a community full of free
> source
> > >> code to do all sorts of things and a gui dev environment that is
> > >> amazingly simple).  Arduino uses an Atmega169 (or 328 for twice the
> > >> memory) and is akin to the kind of microcontroller found in
> refrigerators
> > >> and Smart Thermostats.
> > >>
> > >> RaspPi is really a tiny Linux system.  It also has a bunch of GPIO
> pins
> > >> that you can connect some cool peripherals up to, and do many of the
> > >> things you can use an Arduino for, but it's real power is in how
> *many*
> > >> things it can do using full Linux, USB, NIC, etc...  It's more like
> a
> > >> smart phone than a fridge.
> > >>
> > >> > On 2015-02-16 10:11, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> > >> > > lol, I have been doing that very thing
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Actually, I've been using it for vulnerability research on
> embedded
> > >> > > platforms.  Very handy little suckers.
> > >> >
> > >> > Good to see you are all still here. I got pretty burned out for a
> > >>
> > >> while,
> > >>
> > >> > but I think I'm starting to come up for air again.
> > >>
> > >> I have to admit to having checked the list once every 6-8months for
> a
> > >> while.  So focused on $DAYJOB.  About 8 years ago I chose Kubuntu
> and
> > >> have had very few questions about Linux.  I limited my tinkering in
> the
> > >> OS to focus on compiled binaries, to see how they worked.  I needed
> Linux
> > >> to *just work* and for the most part, it's gone that way.  Far
> better
> > >> than my luck with Windows.  Mac has been ok, but I still don't like
> it
> > >> much.  It is not optimized for the way I work.  I'm a die-hard
> KDE/Linux
> > >> boy.  The way it works is how my brain works.
> > >>
> > >> Great to hear from you again, friends.
> > >>
> > >> Matt
> > >>
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> > > kmoffat at modizzle.net
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