[Wylug-discuss] Raspberry Pi

[sh2515+linux]

On 20.11.2013 21:41, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 Nov 2013 21:25:07 sh2515+linux wrote:
>> On 20.11.2013 21:09, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
>> > On Wednesday 20 Nov 2013 21:02:21 sh2515+linux wrote:
>> I have 2 a model b 512mb and a model a.  you may have noticed the
>> help I have asked for apache, which I am using as a custom NAS box
>> - downloader with aria2, minidlna, auto backup desktop with WOL in
>> a cron job at night. Then web services owncloud, gallery3 and
>> starting elgg. It only will have immediate family using it, so can
>> cope with the sluggish behaviour. I have played around with other
>> services like bittorrent sync but found the above suitable for our
>> needs. The model A I am playing with making a bird camera at the
>> moment, don't know if that will be the final thing it will be
>> doing.  I am trying to get cheap webcam to use motion for
>> detection then use camera module to take 5mp image then record HD
>> film to log in a database for son to find what the bird types are.
>
> There is a project somewhere that will allow you to plug in a 3G SIM
> card.  Which means HD images can be immediately mailed to your phone
> or desktop.  GiffGaff offer some good SIM cards.  Sensible prices.  
> Saves
> being rained on or suffering from the cold.
>
>> They are good, but I may have bought beaglebone for webserver if
>> doing it again. If you have the money the udoo looks good, but at
>> that price is it better to get a microserver?
>
> Not sure.  Would have thought around £100 ?  I was having this
> conversation at the Linux Beer Hike in Castleton.  Trying to explain
> to them that you needed something like Amazon EC2 with a Pi to make 
> it
> serve up web pages effectively.  The person I was trying to explain 
> it
> to was a non-technical churchy type who seemed to think that "god 
> will
> provide the cloud service".  I gave up trying on that one. <shrug>.
> You need a lot of RAM or a cloud service to serve up web pages.
>
> My own Apache box is AMD64.  Works very well. For example...
>
> http://sleepypenguin.homelinux.org/blog/?p=168
> http://sleepypenguin.homelinux.org/blog/?p=172
>
> Would like to stream my own short films from here but YouTube provide
> such a good service.
wow did you write all that?