Re: ARM servers and Rasp Pi (Was: Lack of open source shown as negative part of D on Dr. Dobbs)

2012-05-12 Thread jerro
On Sunday, 13 May 2012 at 03:33:56 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: On 5/12/2012 7:02 PM, Andrew Wiley wrote: On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Walter Bright > wrote: I've always wanted a computer that had no fan and used only a handful of watts. I've been usin

Re: ARM servers and Rasp Pi (Was: Lack of open source shown as negative part of D on Dr. Dobbs)

2012-05-12 Thread Brad Roberts
On 5/12/2012 8:33 PM, Walter Bright wrote: > On 5/12/2012 7:02 PM, Andrew Wiley wrote: >> >> >> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Walter Bright > > wrote: >> I've always wanted a computer that had no fan and used only a handful of >> watts. >> I've been using

Re: ARM servers and Rasp Pi (Was: Lack of open source shown as negative part of D on Dr. Dobbs)

2012-05-12 Thread Walter Bright
On 5/12/2012 7:02 PM, Andrew Wiley wrote: On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Walter Bright mailto:newshou...@digitalmars.com>> wrote: I've always wanted a computer that had no fan and used only a handful of watts. I've been using a Trimslice ( http://trimslice.com/web/ ) as a home server and

Re: ARM servers and Rasp Pi (Was: Lack of open source shown as negative part of D on Dr. Dobbs)

2012-05-12 Thread Andrew Wiley
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Walter Bright wrote: > On 5/9/2012 9:35 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > >> Just as well, I guess: Even if I had one today, it'd probably be quite >> awhile before I'd even have the time to play with it anyway. And if I do >> get >> time, there's a VM image of it you c

Re: ARM servers and Rasp Pi (Was: Lack of open source shown as negative part of D on Dr. Dobbs)

2012-05-12 Thread Walter Bright
On 5/9/2012 9:35 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote: Just as well, I guess: Even if I had one today, it'd probably be quite awhile before I'd even have the time to play with it anyway. And if I do get time, there's a VM image of it you can download and play with (which I got and still haven't looked at ;)

Re: ARM servers and Rasp Pi (Was: Lack of open source shown as negative part of D on Dr. Dobbs)

2012-05-10 Thread Manu
On 10 May 2012 12:38, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: > On 10/05/12 10:18, deadalnix wrote: > >> Le 10/05/2012 06:35, Nick Sabalausky a écrit : >> >>> Really? ARM servers? This is the first I've heard of it. (Intel must be >>> crapping themselves.) >>> >> >> ARM is more energy efficient than x86 .

Re: ARM servers and Rasp Pi (Was: Lack of open source shown as negative part of D on Dr. Dobbs)

2012-05-10 Thread Joseph Rushton Wakeling
On 10/05/12 10:18, deadalnix wrote: Le 10/05/2012 06:35, Nick Sabalausky a écrit : Really? ARM servers? This is the first I've heard of it. (Intel must be crapping themselves.) ARM is more energy efficient than x86 . This is a more and more serious alternative for datacenters. Yea, it's in t

Re: ARM servers and Rasp Pi (Was: Lack of open source shown as negative part of D on Dr. Dobbs)

2012-05-10 Thread deadalnix
Le 10/05/2012 06:35, Nick Sabalausky a écrit : "Joseph Rushton Wakeling" wrote in message news:mailman.476.1336601495.24740.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... On 09/05/12 23:38, Nick Sabalausky wrote: Especially if/when we finally get good support for ARM-based phones and tablets (back in my day,

ARM servers and Rasp Pi (Was: Lack of open source shown as negative part of D on Dr. Dobbs)

2012-05-09 Thread Nick Sabalausky
"Joseph Rushton Wakeling" wrote in message news:mailman.476.1336601495.24740.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... > On 09/05/12 23:38, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> Especially if/when we finally get good support for ARM-based phones >> and tablets (back in my day, we called them PDAs), as that would be >>