Raspberry Pi doubles RAM to 512MB

[princec]

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2180

And thusly now much more of a contender for running Java. If only Oracle would hurry up with the hardfloat JDK7.

Cas

[kappa]

Really cool that they've removed its biggest limitation.

Some news on Java's support for floating point stuff on the PI here.

[Orangy Tang]

Damn, and I've only just got my 256Mb Pi delivered.

Haven't done anything useful with it yet mind... I should really come up with a project for it.

Also, I totally recommend Pi Bow as a funky case.

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[theagentd]

Damn, and I've only just got my 256Mb Pi delivered.

Haven't done anything useful with it yet mind... I should really come up with a project for it.

Also, I totally recommend Pi Bow as a funky case.

I have one too and I need a case. Might consider that one. =S

[Cero]

Also, I totally recommend Pi Bow as a funky case.

It's so gay =D

[princec]

Great news from Oracle too then. I will probably not need to upgrade to the 512mb version any time soon as I'm still hanging about waiting for a JVM anyway; also I have a feeling I can get decent games running in under 128mb anyway.

Love the PiBow, though at £12.95 they can do one Maybe a fiver would be a bit more attractive.

Cas

[harpon]

wait, you can assemble your Raspberry Pi? 

[Mads]

This sounds awesome. Now I will definitely have to get one, and that funky case is totally me. I can hardly wait for christmas.

It's almost like a mini-console. Did anyone make something interesting/useful for the Pi yet, or is it purely a toy? I'm imagining it'd be a nice way to keep a server running in a low cost from-home fashion.

[princec]

Lots of fun things to do with it, but until it gets that speedy JVM from Oracle and LWJGL it's just a toy for me

Cas

[Orangy Tang]

It's almost like a mini-console. Did anyone make something interesting/useful for the Pi yet, or is it purely a toy? I'm imagining it'd be a nice way to keep a server running in a low cost from-home fashion.

I was trying to use it as a media server, but the software just isn't there yet. Linux versions of Spotify are flakey and don't play all tracks back properly[1], and although there's a build of XBMC for it, I couldn't actually persuade it to play any media.

I'm toying with the idea of hooking a few together for a render farm, as soon as I figure out what to render.

[1] Insert usual rant about linux sound here

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[CommanderKeith]

Will the Oracle ARM JVM be free? Last time checked it wasn't. I just searched but couldn't find anything.

[nsigma]

Will the Oracle ARM JVM be free? Last time checked it wasn't. I just searched but couldn't find anything.

Yes, at least as in beer.  Think these are them - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/embedded/downloads/javase/index.html.  It's not the page I looked at two weeks ago which I can't seem to find now - in fact the link from http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads is now a 404. 

[princec]

softfp - won't work on latest recommended Pi OS. Annoying.

Cas

[Oskuro]

I had no idea this existed! 

[CommanderKeith]

I just read this, looks like java se embedded is not free to distribute which makes it a bit useless:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/embedded/resources/se-embeddocs/index.html#faq10

[gouessej]

I just read this, looks like java se embedded is not free to distribute which makes it a bit useless:

There has been a recent change about that but only for the Raspberry Pi. Rather use OpenJDK 

[gouessej]

[1] Insert usual rant about linux sound here

I use Mageia Linux 2 daily, it works like a charm, I can read any video without any trouble. VLC is cool

[CommanderKeith]

I just read this, looks like java se embedded is not free to distribute which makes it a bit useless:

There has been a recent change about that but only for the Raspberry Pi.

Can you give a source? As far as I can tell that article is up to date. It says that you can develop on java se embedded, but you can't distribute without licensing fees.

[gouessej]

I just read this, looks like java se embedded is not free to distribute which makes it a bit useless:

There has been a recent change about that but only for the Raspberry Pi.

Can you give a source? As far as I can tell that article is up to date. It says that you can develop on java se embedded, but you can't distribute without licensing fees.

I know Oracle relaxed a bit this aspect only about the fees, I will try to find the source as soon as possible.