-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi,
I got hold of a RaspberryPi alpha board for last year's PyconUK and can confirm it most certainly does run Python. The machine I got had a recent stable Debian on the SD card. John Pinner currently has the machine if you need more info. I blogged about it here: http://ntoll.org/article/baking-with-raspberrypipy Happy to answer questions. Nicholas. On 29/03/12 16:49, kirby urner wrote: > > Lots of buzz on PSF list about Python and Raspberry Pi. > > I know from independent sources that Python has attracted > considerable attention in the UK education community. Also, the > BBC Micro also came out around this time and our PSF chairman is in > the UK to help celebrate its anniversary (50th? -- getting there). > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro > > In having a public charter, unlike private advertiser based > broadcasters such as Fox, the BBC is rather different from any USA > channels, including PBS. Its forays into public policy and > initiatives, such as the Computer Literacy Project of the 1980s, > out of which the BBC Micro was born, is not mirrored in the USA. > > Raspberry Pi doesn't currently run Python but there is some thought > that it should. > > I haven't researched the GNU / Stallman take yet, though I know > he's unhappy about the sell-out of Linux distros to closed source > video drivers, which appear as proprietary blobs (already compiled > binaries) with no source. The Raspberry Pi uses secret code to > drive its GPU so is not technically a purely FLOSS project (as of > today anyway). > > Debian has a long history of working with not-free annexes so this > will feel like home to most Debian developers. > > I'm glad the BBC has a mandate to serve the public in the UK with > interesting and innovative gadgets. That's the kind of R&D we like > to see, including with closed source components (I have access to > closed source games galore). Even if the UK versions seem obsolete > more quickly, because leading edge (like the XO), the follow-on > products have the BBC to thank for opening world markets ( = the > human imagination) to these new concepts. > > Kirby > > > > _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing > list Edu-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPdIkaAAoJEP0qBPaYQbb6PDAIAJyBtWyWuYGUm1X+RniRt6FF cjVf7hSzkwpBKfRpACS8cSwOsuLxFNrsVbrTKQ6iw5W1doqQIaeg2n8axEhqTVTX OI9Siul4IzxkLZ/9F0DK1GcuJmLNXQ8sHdCFNhJTliqv1JnY0IEL3be7fk5u9wJs /narwDWwZBPwxz+Mlk2M1bX1nXBXXe8l7dPIDYEaw4CY5iuHBzMD1pdtaziEgGrA mTXKviXMeBDb22Un0n/PJhL2cKMxiFSoBRpXaA4vqAxCymFlv8qDYDpiAPVs1lmE NqMMg1i3c/hOTtnNKhgtRZWc/oPNOsB+JKOST8sjV9qKg2wkYlq5Cf2dR26wHIM= =IQE7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
