Is this list wilting?

[Rusty Ramser]

That looks pretty sweet, actually.  The good thing is, newer and better SoCs
are coming out all the time; that's also sort of the bad thing, as I'd like
to get one of each to play with.  But my wife is going to kill me if I bring
home another stray SoC I find on the street.

One potential advantage to the RPi that you may consider it has over other
SoCs is its huge ecosystem.  If you're wanting to do several things with the
RPi (easy to do by changing out SD cards), there are lots of
already-developed solutions ready to go.  And if you have issues/questions
or are doing something advanced, getting assistance from the community may
be much more likely than with other SoCs.

(That said, setting up a media center based on XBMC or OpenELEC shouldn't be
a big issue for most mainstream SoCs.)


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Brian Cluff
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 10:58
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Is this list wilting?

I haven't got one of these yet, but this looks like a PI killer to me:
http://www.pcduino.com/pcduino3nano/
http://store.linksprite.com/pcduino3-nano/

It's a dual core 1ghz processor (Allwinner A20) Mali 400 Dual Core GPU 1GB
of Ram
10/100/1000 ethernet
it takes arduino shields
Has 4GB of onboard flash plus a micro SD card slot as well as a SATA port on
board to handle normal drives.

Best part is that it's only a couple more dollars that a PI.

Brian Cluff


-----Original Message-----
From: Rusty Ramser [mailto:rusty_ramser at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 07:15
To: 'Main PLUG discussion list'
Subject: RE: Is this list wilting?

If you don't need a TV tuner card in the media center, it will be hard to
find a solution for less than the cost of a Raspberry Pi and a large SD
card.  That's what I use, and I'm quite happy with it.  The interface
(Raspbmc) is a little sluggish, but once it's playing something I've never
had a problem with audio/video (like stuttering, etc.).


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[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Michael Havens
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 07:02
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Is this list wilting?

people got tired of my stupid questions..Here's one!

My dad got a nuc for a media center for .... a lot of money. I'm going to
need to get something like that and I need recomendations as to what to get
because I know I can get an android for like 100. I can get other  things
for like 60. What do you all recommend for around 100.

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:03 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ask questions. Start discussion.
>
> I for one am caught up in the back to school season.
> On Sep 29, 2014 9:46 PM, <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>
>> Not much traffic compared to years gone by.
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