Thread: Raspberry Pi 2 released

Raspberry Pi 2 runs free Windows 10, costs $35 - CNET

Raspberry Pi 2 on sale now at $35 | Raspberry Pi

Pretty incredible device. The announcement of windows 10 support going forward is impressive also.

I'm excited to mess around with one of these and see what uses/capabilites I can find.

Originally Posted by Ace22

Raspberry Pi 2 on sale now at $35 | Raspberry Pi

Pretty incredible device. The announcement of windows 10 support going forward is impressive also.

I'm excited to mess around with one of these and see what uses/capabilites I can find.

I used one (model b) to use as a live streaming pug cam to watch over my dog (pug, obviously). Works well for small tasks. I enjoyed working with it.

I have 3 Model B devices in use at my house. I have one in my spare bedroom that is using RaspXBMC to stream media. It works great and allows me to stream media from my HTPC into my spare bedroom. I had live TV working on it for a while too, but there was a Windows Update that broke it and I haven't been able to get it working for a while now. There was some added security to Windows Media Center and I just can't get the XBMC plugin to work right.

I have another Model B that I am running Minera, which is a great piece of software that I use to manage my scrypt miners. It is pretty much set it and forget it and restarts everything if there is a power outage or if I need to shut the miners down and restart them. Works great.

My last one I am running Android (don't remember which version), but primarily using it to run console emulators in my master bedroom. I am only screwing around with it right now, but I prefer running emulators on RetroArch through Android compared to running them on a Windows box. Android is just doing it right when it comes to emulators.

I've always wanted to grab a couple raspberry pis to noodle around with but have not had the time. Perhaps now is the time, I do want to set up an XBMC ...er... Kodi box since I only have it running on my main rig at the moment.