I run "OpenElec <http://openelec.tv/>" as dedicated Kodi boxes at my house for movies, TV and music. The Raspberry Pi 3 has bluetooth included, so my Harmony Remotes work with OpenElec over bluetooth (which is more reliable and faster than IR control).
I've played with a few other things on Raspberry Pi's at home, but this is what I'm using them for right now and I really like them. Chris On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Michael L <helpwithmath...@gmail.com> wrote: > I must say this sounds interesting to someone who doesn't know much about > Linux and doesn't like being tied to Microsoft. Can anyone tell me what > purpose these multiple RPi's serve because I've been thinking I should buy > one or two just to find out. > M > > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Chris McQuistion <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> > wrote: > >> There are higher-end SD cards that supposedly include wear leveling. >> Those would be the cards designed for HD cameras and such. >> >> You could go that route or you could just image your system and make >> periodic backups. If the card goes bad, replace it with another $10 SD >> card, restored from backup, and call it a day. >> >> I have two Raspberry Pi systems at home and that's what I plan to do >> (just back them up and replace them when they die.) >> >> On a system that isn't do a large number of writes, an SD card should >> last for a LONG time since reads don't wear a card out. >> >> Chris >> >> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Bruce Martin <marti...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I know that dd is one of those fundamental linux commands that are used >>> occasionally but like rm need to be used carefully. >>> >>> I admit to being a rather “Appliance” operator when it come stop Linux >>> these days. I use the bistro as it is and usually install only the software >>> and updates that are part of the distribution. In the past I did download >>> the source of the latest version of software i wanted to run and compiled >>> it after tweaking the makefile and sometimes some of the code. These days I >>> do not do that very much. Lazy? Maybe but the distributions have gotten >>> better at keeping things reasonably up to date and stable and bleeding edge >>> is not my forte anymore. >>> >>> That being said I have been playing around with Raspberry Pi for the >>> last few years. I tend to buy two or three of each version as they come >>> out. I have two deployed for specific Ham radio stuff and am embarking on a >>> project to help some friends out by setting up some Broadband Speed >>> monitoring nodes. One of the shortcomings of the Raspberry Pi (RPi) is the >>> use of SD cards. Even when you are not doing a lot of writing to the card >>> the life of a card seems to be less than a year or so. >>> >>> I have read that the newer SDHC cards incorporate wear leveling much >>> like an SSD does. With this in mind I want to set up an SD card but only >>> partition it to use a third or a fourth of the disk space and leave the >>> rest of the card free and unformatted for wear leveling use. >>> >>> My experience, thus far, is that when setting up a card for the RPi the >>> distribution expands itself to use up the entire card. I want to try >>> setting things up on an 8GB car. After everything is configured I want to >>> create an image of the card and then write that image to a 16GB or 32GB >>> card. Is there a parameter in dd to limit how much of the card is used and >>> leave the rest as unformatted? Do I need to create the partitions on the >>> 32GB card and image each partition separately from the 8GB card and write >>> that image to a specific partition on the 32GB card? Is there some >>> other/better way to do this? >>> >>> I want to try to get to the point of being able to set up a RPi and let >>> it sit and run for years and not have to redo the card every year. Stories >>> of servers stuck in closets or left in a wall void during remodeling come >>> to mind. We had an APRS Igate node at Vanderbilt that ran the better part >>> of a decade without a purposeful reboot that was running on a floppy drive >>> distro that Sean Jewett and a few others worked on. I want that kind of >>> longevity in the RPi nodes I am deploying. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> Suggestions? >>> Questions? >>> >>> Bruce >>> >>> -- >>> Bruce W. 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