The Raspberry Pi Turns One

hypnosec writes "The Raspberry Pi turned one yesterday. Raspberry Pi was first launched on 29 February 2012 in the UK and it was received with a huge amount of enthusiasm by students and researchers alike. The Pi has had quite an eventful year, with researchers building a Raspberry Pi cluster; release of an official turbo mode patch; a 512 MB RAM upgrade; the launch of a Pi Store; sales of over a million units; and release of the Minecraft Pocket Edition."

Re:Fascinating! And congratulations

[slickepott]

I just got my little Pi less than two weeks ago and it also does what I want.
Serves as a web server / home server connected to an external HDD.
Web server being more for testing stuff and sharing with friends so it can handle the load.

Old solution was a Core 2 Duo. Noisy and eating more energy.
So far I'm happy and might buy another to see more of what it can do.

The aboslute best thing about the Pi...

[CaptainOfSpray]

is the general purpose I/O pins that enable you to read, write, or drive many sorts of real-world device (thermometers, pressure gauges, GPS, servos, motors, etc etc). This feature, in a device that can talk to the internet, opens up a world of possibilities. So the flow of creativity around the Pi from people of all ages and walks of life is just awe-inspiring.

So don't see the Pi as just another computer like your desktop or your laptop.

Efficiency undermines speed

[John Allsup]

I'm exploring efficient intuitive ways of programming my Dorothy, my pi. As a 32 bitter its way faster than the 486 I learned linux on. And the 486 was fast enough to be fit for purpose. Being spoilt with speed has led us up a blind alley where pooters can't keep up despite bashing their heads on quantum physics limitations. We need proper efficiency, not the crap we have today

Re: Efficiency undermines speed

[Anonymous Coward]

A 486 is 32 bit.