RAPIRO SheevaPlug – hackable:1 Testing hackable:1 on a usb device Preparing the usb device Needed: a serial terminal (minicom / cu / gtkterm / ...) a usb device ( => 500 Mo) get H1 version: # wget mount the first partition of a formated usb device (ext3 works as well, here we mounted it in /mnt/usb and device was in /dev/sdb1): # mkdir /mnt/usb # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb untar tarball to the usb device: # tar xzpf Hackable1-Openmoko-Freerunner-user-rev5beta5.tar.gz -C /mnt/usb/ edit inittab for serial: # echo "T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100" >> /mnt/usb/etc/inittab edit network configuration (we want eth0): # sed "s/^#auto eth0/auto eth0/;s/^#iface eth0/iface eth0/" -i /mnt/usb/etc/network/interfaces umount usb: # sync # umount /mnt/usb Launch hackable:1 on the SheevaPlug Install h:1 on flash In this example we will explain how to upgrade the u-boot version of the SheevaPlug and at the same time install h:1 on flash.
SPL driver for UNIX OpenStack – Open Source Cloud Computing Software OpenStack is an Innovative, open source cloud computing software for building reliable cloud infrastructure. The goal of OpenStack is to allow any organization to create and offer cloud computing capabilities using open source software running on standard hardware. OpenStack Compute is software for automatically creating and managing large groups of virtual private servers. OpenStack Storage is software for creating redundant, scalable object storage using clusters of commodity servers to store terabytes or even petabytes of data. All of the code for OpenStack is freely available under the Apache 2.0 license. Anyone can run it, build on it, or submit changes back to the project. Requirements: - Demo: License: Apache 2.0 License
The Raspberry Pi The Making of Pi The idea behind a tiny and affordable computer for kids came in 2006, when Eben Upton, Rob Mullins, Jack Lang and Alan Mycroft, based at the University of Cambridge’s Computer Laboratory, became concerned about the year-on-year decline in the numbers and skills levels of the A Level students applying to read Computer Science. From a situation in the 1990s where most of the kids applying were coming to interview as experienced hobbyist programmers, the landscape in the 2000s was very different; a typical applicant might only have done a little web design. Something had changed the way kids were interacting with computers. There isn’t much any small group of people can do to address problems like an inadequate school curriculum or the end of a financial bubble. We don’t claim to have all the answers. Hall of Fame Raspberry Pi Foundation The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a registered educational charity (registration number 1129409) based in the UK. Foundation Trustees
Android-x86 Project - Run Android on Your PC (Android-x86 - Porting Android to x86 Platform) Tagxedo lets you create beautiful word clouds ("tag clouds") I know, I know -- tag clouds are passé, we've all seen them. That's what I thought when I first encountered Tagxedo, but then I figured -- heck, I'm already here, why don't I click some buttons and see what happens? Once I started, I couldn't stop! I love options, and this neat little webapp has tons of them. You can control the font used for your cloud, its shape, the color scheme (and then tweak the colors even further), the word density you name it -- you can control it. The only thing you can't control is the size of the canvas itself, sadly. The words for the cloud can be entered manually, or taken from a webpage (I used our own front page, as you can probably see). (On a side note, did you guys notice how Silverlight recently started popping up in more and more places? Tags: design, fun, tagcloud, wordcloud
Operating Systems The Raspberry Pi phenomenon appears to go from strength to strength; like a runaway train, it's ploughing ahead and forging itself a place in the record books. It's hardly surprising - the hardware alone is developed perfectly for the goals of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, the pricing is pitched perfectly, and having the unique versatility of Linux as the operating system seals the deal nicely. Most buyers, once they get their hands on their new RPi, make a move towards the official Raspberry Pi site and follow the getting started instructions therein; the end result is the user running Raspbian "Wheezy", the Foundation's recommended operating system, creating, learning and programming, and strapping the poor wee beast onto a weather balloon and sending it to the outer edge of the atmosphere. Raspberry Pi tutorial: how to do more What many RPi users don't realise, though, is that there's a wealth of other operating systems available for their beloved Pi. How we tested... Our selection
UNetbootin - Homepage and Downloads Packages: Ubuntu Debian Fedora Suse Arch Gentoo Source Introduction UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Requirements Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, or Linux, or Mac OS X 10.5+. Features UNetbootin can create a bootable Live USB drive, or it can make a "frugal install" on your local hard disk if you don't have a USB drive. The current version has built-in support for automatically downloading and loading the following distributions, though installing other distributions is also supported: UNetbootin can also be used to load various system utilities, including: Parted Magic, a partition manager that can resize, repair, backup, and restore partitions. » See List of Custom UNetbootin Versions and Plugins. » See Using a UNetbootin Plugin. Installation & Screenshots » See Live USB Creation Guide. Installing Other Distributions Using UNetbootin FAQs License and Credits