[Wylug-discuss] Raspberry Pi

[Jim Jackson]

> The Pi is limited by the amount of RAM is has (256MB none expandable)

For media players etc I can see the need for memory, but for a large number 
of uses it's more than enough. So far, running without any graphics I've 
barely gone above 50M (not including cache etc) ram use. That includes some 
smallish program C compilations. Not compiled the kernel yet :-)

> and the USB bus that is shared by the 2 usb ports as well as the network 
> card.

Yes, that aspect made me wonder. Not done any tests yet.

> The board is picky about SD cards, there seems to be some kernel code 
> changes that are being made to improve the stability of the SD card 
> interface.

I've found problems after a reboot - often doesn't, you have to pull the 
plug for a while and repower. Lots 'n lots of syslog entries about problems 
with the SD card interface.