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The Raspberry Pi: My First Hardware Experiment

Posted by gus3 on · 14 comments
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My tiny new Raspberry Pi arrived last month, bringing with it a lot of hoopla and renewed enthusiasm for computing. Now that my first task of getting Slackware ARM installed to it, and configuring it to run "headless" (network only, no video or keyboard connected), it’s time to turn my attention to some hardware hacking. I decided to try out some basic cooling systems for it, to see if they make any appreciable difference in the RPi performance.

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Comments (14)

caitlyn ·
I really wanted to read gus3's take on the Raspberry Pi but there is no link to the story.
skelband ·
That really brightened up my already bright morning! Thanks!
caitlyn ·
I didn't realize it was humor and not a serious piece until I read it. Yes, it's funny, but disappointing at the same time. I real review would be nice to read.
Scott_Ruecker ·
Link is there, I do not know why it would not resolve..
gus3 Story submitter ·
@caitlyn, yes I omitted the "humor" tag (EDIT: I omitted it in the LXer submission). I didn't want to give it away before the click. The photos were too important to it. (Hey, don't roll your eyes, I put a lot of work into those photos!)

I haven't done a review of the RPi, for one simple reason: I'm too much of a fanboi at this point. I couldn't do a review without picking up a pair of pom-poms.
jdixon ·
> I couldn't do a review without picking up a pair of pom-poms.

Hmm. A photo that might rival the infamous BBQ Pig and shorts. Go for it. Just include the pics. :)
Fettoosh ·
Quoting:I don’t know if it cooled the RPi any, or made the performance better. Before I did the test, I took another bottle out and drank it, so if I did run the test, I don’t remember where I put the file with the results. But I know it made me run a lot cooler!


Hmmm, after thorough investigation, I think I am sure if you had opened up both bottles for the RPi like you did for yourself, the RPi would have noticed similar cooling effect. :-)

I suggest giving it another try.



tracyanne ·
Scott I tracked down the article and added the link
Scott_Ruecker ·
Thank You Tracy, you rock.
gus3 Story submitter ·
'Tis ok. It also landed on Eben Upton's Twitter (after yours truly sent it to him for a giggle). This joke is now on track to being my busiest ever day on WordPress. Just 88 more page views...

The sad thing is, this is the most inspired humor I've had in a long time.
djohnston ·
Quoting:Scott I tracked down the article and added the link


Hmmm. The link I posted isn't working for you?
caitlyn ·
@gus3: I'm trying to picture you in a short skirt with Pom Poms. Thankfully my imagination is failing me at the moment.

A review is an opinion piece. If you are really satisfied with something that isn't a reason not to write a review.
gus3 Story submitter ·
I have really only one complaint, that the drivers aren't yet merged into the mainline Linux kernel. It takes a good 3 hours to build a kernel from scratch, using an NFS mount (longer if it builds on the local SSD), but that's expected.

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