> From: gerhard.zintel@mrs-thomas.de
> To: trinity-users@lists.pearsoncomputing.net
> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 13:28:56 +0100
> Subject: Re: [trinity-users] What about a Trinity Raspberry Pi Raspbian-based image?
>
> On Friday 28 November 2014, Alexandre wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > So, I'd like to know if there would be some interest in it, if it worth doing it.
> > Also, how many persons here have a Pi?
> >
>
> Hi Alexandre,
>
> I have two Raspberry Pis and one Banana Pi. I might be interested in an implementation but my feeling is - the Banana Pi is more worth to work with. It's nearly as cheap as the Raspberry but is a lot better designed and more powerfull:
>
> Raspberry Pi Model B+ Banana Pi
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> SoC Broadcom BCM2835 Allwinner A20
> CPU ARM1176JZF-S (700 MHz bis 1000 MHz) ARM Cortex-A7 Dual-Core (1000 MHz)
> GPU Broadcom VideoCore IV ARM Mali 400MP2
> RAM 512 MByte 1 GByte DDR3 DRAM
> LAN 10/100 MBit/s 10/100/1000 MBit/s
> GPIO 17 Pins 26 Pins, I2C, SPI, UART, CAN bus
> SATA 7-Pin-SATA-Port
> USB 4x USB 2.0 Host 2x USB 2.0 Host, 1x USB OTG, 1x CSI Kamera
> MISC Onboard Micro und IR-Receiver
> SIZE 85,6 mm x 56,0 mm 92,0 mm x 60,0 mm
>
>
> Price here in Germany: 29 ¤ versus 44 ¤
>
> Gerhard
> PS: hope the crude table formatting goes through
>

Hi,

Interesting! But I saw some persons having trouble with its network reliability, but the Pi is not perfect too... 1gb of Ram definitely helps.

I'll look at making the image. I don't know yet if I'll use the image provided here as a base or simply Raspbian.


-Alexandre


-Alexandre