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The Raspberry Pi Turns One

Posted by timothy on from the leap-year-birth-means-it's-only-point-two-five dept.

hypnosec writes "The Raspberry Pi turned one yesterday. Raspberry Pi was first launched on 29 February 2012 in the UK and it was received with a huge amount of enthusiasm by students and researchers alike. The Pi has had quite an eventful year, with researchers building a Raspberry Pi cluster; release of an official turbo mode patch; a 512 MB RAM upgrade; the launch of a Pi Store; sales of over a million units; and release of the Minecraft Pocket Edition."

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  1. Re:Fascinating! And congratulations by slickepott · · Score: 4, Informative

    I just got my little Pi less than two weeks ago and it also does what I want.
    Serves as a web server / home server connected to an external HDD.
    Web server being more for testing stuff and sharing with friends so it can handle the load.

    Old solution was a Core 2 Duo. Noisy and eating more energy.
    So far I'm happy and might buy another to see more of what it can do.

  2. The aboslute best thing about the Pi... by CaptainOfSpray · · Score: 5, Informative

    is the general purpose I/O pins that enable you to read, write, or drive many sorts of real-world device (thermometers, pressure gauges, GPS, servos, motors, etc etc). This feature, in a device that can talk to the internet, opens up a world of possibilities. So the flow of creativity around the Pi from people of all ages and walks of life is just awe-inspiring.

    So don't see the Pi as just another computer like your desktop or your laptop.

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  3. Re: Efficiency undermines speed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    A 486 is 32 bit.