*> Any Micro-USB power source will work, though some might be better than others.*
* * *Would the Micro USB cable be ok from a powered USB hub? As I just mentioned, an idea that came to me was using the hub not only as a hub but a power source. But I don't know for sure that such would work. I don't see why not off my head, but I'm far from an expert on such ideas.* * * *> I use one from Monoprice and it works great.* * * *Thanks for that one. I'll look into that.* * * *> Buy a case for it. There are *tons* of options.* *> Adafruit carries a ton of them. http://adafruit.com/category/105* * * *I'll have to look into that. Strange that two different magazine articles on the pi didn't mention that there are cases you can buy for them.* * * *> I currently use a 32GB card, and it works great. Buying a faster card* * * *That's a good tip. 32GB is likely enough for my needs, but I do want it to be somewhat fast. :)* * * *> The official distribution, Rasbian, contains plenty of packages. But* *> it's not the only distro you can use. You can use Arch or even* *> Fedora* * * *I don't know as I'd want to use Arch. Isn't that a source based distribution kind of like Gentoo? Don't get me wrong. I LOVE Gentoo! But I don't know as I'd want to take the time to compile things on a 700MHz chip. Besides, the Raspbian distro has some tools built in specifically for the pi, like overclocking utils and utils to change the system/video memory split. Fedora for ARM may or may not have those.* * * *Thanks for the info guys!* * * *--- Dan* /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
