[HH] Raspberry Pi

[Tom Metro]

Raspberry Pi update...
 -Tom

Raspberry Pi Linux distro released, but the $35 computer faces new delays
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/03/raspberry-pi-linux-distro-released-but-the-35-computer-faces-new-delays.ars

The Raspberry Pi foundation has suffered a production setback that could
delay delivery of the organization's $35 Linux computer. The
manufacturer accidentally used ethernet jacks without integrated
magnetics, built-in transformers that provide DC-isolation and help
filter noise.

The wrong jacks have been soldered to the Raspberry Pi boards and will
have to be removed and replaced before the product can ship to end
users. According to the foundation, the ethernet jacks are relatively
easy to replace. The problem is that sourcing a sufficient quantity of
the right ethernet jacks might take some time. This will be the second
time that the Raspberry Pi project has suffered a minor delay due to
component sourcing difficulties.
...
In addition to disclosing the delay, the Raspberry Pi foundation also
announced the availability of a special Fedora build that is tailored to
run on the Raspberry Pi computer. The distribution, which is called the
Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix, will provide a relatively complete computing
environment for the low-cost ARM board. It is the Linux distribution
that the foundation recommends for use on the Raspberry Pi hardware.
...
...Eben Upton explained...the latest version of the popular Ubuntu
distribution will not run on the device because Ubuntu doesn't support
the ARMv6 architecture, which is used by the Raspberry Pi board's ARM11
CPUs. Ubuntu's ARM port is focused on the ARMv7 architecture, which is
used by Cortex-class ARM processors.