[HH] Raspberry Pi

[Stephen Adler]

Does the Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix run on any other ARM based system?

On 03/09/2012 01:40 AM, Tom Metro wrote:
> Raspberry Pi update...
>   -Tom
>
> Raspberry Pi Linux distro released, but the $35 computer faces new delays
> http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/03/raspberry-pi-linux-distro-released-but-the-35-computer-faces-new-delays.ars
>
> The Raspberry Pi foundation has suffered a production setback that could
> delay delivery of the organization's $35 Linux computer. The
> manufacturer accidentally used ethernet jacks without integrated
> magnetics, built-in transformers that provide DC-isolation and help
> filter noise.
>
> The wrong jacks have been soldered to the Raspberry Pi boards and will
> have to be removed and replaced before the product can ship to end
> users. According to the foundation, the ethernet jacks are relatively
> easy to replace. The problem is that sourcing a sufficient quantity of
> the right ethernet jacks might take some time. This will be the second
> time that the Raspberry Pi project has suffered a minor delay due to
> component sourcing difficulties.
> ...
> In addition to disclosing the delay, the Raspberry Pi foundation also
> announced the availability of a special Fedora build that is tailored to
> run on the Raspberry Pi computer. The distribution, which is called the
> Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix, will provide a relatively complete computing
> environment for the low-cost ARM board. It is the Linux distribution
> that the foundation recommends for use on the Raspberry Pi hardware.
> ...
> ...Eben Upton explained...the latest version of the popular Ubuntu
> distribution will not run on the device because Ubuntu doesn't support
> the ARMv6 architecture, which is used by the Raspberry Pi board's ARM11
> CPUs. Ubuntu's ARM port is focused on the ARMv7 architecture, which is
> used by Cortex-class ARM processors.
>
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