[Novalug] Rasberry Pi and Ubuntu

Bonnie Dalzell bdalzell@qis.net
Sun Mar 11 15:28:26 EDT 2012


On Sun, 11 Mar 2012, Ed James wrote:

> Depends on who you're asking.  For me, using older equipment,
> Ubuntu 11.10 didn't cut it.  However, I can't speak for Fedora 16
> yet.  I've got it downloaded, but not installed yet.  Others, with
> gee-wiz new stuff will prolly have different opinions, of course.

When I started having problems with Ubuntu at 10.** due to my older 
machine I installed Xubuntu and I have been doing fine now.



>
> As for HacDC type groups, be thou advised that a couple that
> coaches robotics clubs for 2 local schools here in Greenbelt
> has started such an organization: http://stemroots.org/.
>
> Now, of course, we're just PG County types.  You know the
> types we'll have.  NASA engineers, U of Maryland professors,
> an occasional NSA employee, MIT grads, and yes, by golly,
> some honest-to-goodness Linux people!
>
> Ed James
>
> On 3/11/12, cmhowe@patriot.net <cmhowe@patriot.net> wrote:
>> List,
>>
>> So far it seems that Fed Hat/Fedora will be the preferred platform. Is
>> that correct? Or will Ubuntu be a possibility?
>>
>> Also, will there be an interest in a user group, possibly including
>> Arduino users as well as Rasberry Pi users? I guess HacD is such a group,
>> but it isn't accessible to me, given my problems with mobility.
>>
>> Chsarlie
>>
>>
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