The Linux community has quite a large number of people hostile to new-comers.

When you search about this, there's many stories online of questions being asked in Forums, and having replies like "Read the manual you idiot, we're not a book!", and "People who can't use Linux shouldn't be using it in the first place." I find that circular logic insulting - should we never learn to drive a car because we can't already drive?

People have complained that reading the manual pages - if they can even find the right one, results in tens or hundreds of pages of instructions on how to use the software, but very little on error diagnosing and resolving.

These bad experiences are had by people interested in Linux in the first place. What will happen when people - school children - need help, but who are interested in the Pi for the hardware and software possibilities it contains - rather than the OS it uses?

These people don't care about the OS - they just want it to work. They don't want 30 page "Man-files" every problem they have, because that's the OS, not the hardware that attracted them to the Pi in the first place.

Will this clique attitude kill support for the Pi?

Possibly, I don't know for sure - but I do know it wont help the Pi flourish.

Meanwhile, a partner and I are working on an IO based piece of software for the Pi, writing the drivers for it, and the GUI. We have a pre-production Revision B Pi board that we are using for testing. We're not at the smoke test yet, but hopefully this week when we do, it will all go well.

So i don't know if anyone else has had any issues with the SD card slot on the pi but after using the chip for about 10 min I ended up dropping it. It lands with the SD card in the chip on a hardwood floor... breaking the SD card finger things(on the chip) that hold the card in place. Needless to say I am pretty frustrated since the chip I waited months for is now broken.

Has anyone else run into problems with the SD card slot breaking very easily on their chip ?

Also I have already tried fixing the SD card slot, and short of super gluing the SD card into the slot I have to pinch the card against the board with one hand to get it to work.... =(

My pi coming out to 51 usd after taxes and shipping. So much for a "educational" system for $25

I want the b model which I understand is $10 more than a, but where is that extra 10 coming from?

Seems like false advertisement... Is there an alternative to ordering from RS???

edit (For the people that are going to say $51 is still a good price) yes I understand this is still a better deal than others out there, but I'm just saying don't hype the thing up at half the actual cost when its actually comes out to double the price.

Ordered my PI 1 week before... got it in the mail today. Thanks Farnell Germany! secret Tipp: Order it as a Student on Farnell as a buisness customer...

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Me: Hello

Me: my order number is: REMOVED

Me: When I placed this order back in march, my credit card was hacked and the bank issued me a new card, so I needed to update the card o nfile

Me: it says it should ship out today so I called the credit card department and they said its not in the queue and has a new ship date of July 5th

Me: Is this true?

Element14: Hi Me .... let me check

Element14: Yes Me .... 7/5 is what I show ... we must not have received the shipment as planned

Me: This is Frustrating, this is the third time my ship date has changed. I see people who have ordered after me receiving it before me and I am pretty upset about that

Element14: I understand ... we are working to get them out as soon as we receive them ... I apologize for the inconvenience

Me: I just dont believe Element14 is. Especially when I see those who have ordered after me receiving it before me. It was supposed to be a first come first serve queue

Element14: How are you coming about that information? If you can provide some examples i can have my support team look into it. That isn't supposed to be occuring

Me: What order number am I?

Me: in queue

Me: so how do I know on the 5th it will ship?

Element14: There should be some communication on the element 14 FAQ soon .. once we know what the delay is

Element14: and also we have a dedicated team for the Pi at [email protected]

Me: How does element14 plan to bring customer satisfaction after being pushed back so many times?

Element14: I can't really answer that, but if you contact the above email they may be able to provide a resolution

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Me: Ok Ill do that. Thanks

Element14: Sure ... I hope you do get it soon ... I know you've been anticipating it Chat session has been terminated by the site operator.

Hi, I want to build a new GUI for the Raspbian OS but I dont know where to start. For example, how do I find the source code for the OS so I can install a new GUI. Some help would be great

I'm interested in creating a portable media server and Piratebox out of my RPi but I'm not sure if its capable of running both at the same time.

I ordered my Pi on April 3rd of this year, and have been checking my order status every month. When I checked in July, it was further pushed to August. Now on my order page, all I see is "Cancelled" with two "reorder" buttons. Clicking reorder informs me that the soonest a new order can ship is September 6th.

Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/rV1kl.png

Am I the only one who has been handled this way trying to just get a damn Pi?

Hey Guys!

Senior year is entering it's final stretches, and that of course means a good senior prank! I've been working on this long and hard but the centerpiece of it is a raspberry pi. I can't find one anywhere, so I was hoping someone could lone me one? I'll pay a security deposit, shipping, whatever!

I am way excited! I "registered my interest" over a month ago because I missed the initial order due to lack of funds. I was actually JUST talking to my friend yesterday about hoping I get to actually order one soon and sitting in my email about 15min ago was an availability or order my very own!

Today is a great day! They ship in late August.

Just wanted to tell someone. :)

I have an 8GB class 10 SD card, and a Raspberry Pi. What's the best way to set up something that can read mp4s from a fat32 USB drive, and display at 1080p through hdmi?

I have no terminal skill, but following step-by-step instructions is fine.

This is still a new(ish) subreddit, but I'd figure I'd ask anyways.

Does anybody have any idea if it'd be even remotely possible to run the graphics of the RPi through a PCI graphics card? Either through clever use of the GPIO board or HDMI (or hell, even USB).

I know that the GPIO doesn't have thing right number of pins, and that HDMI is already output video... but it's just a fun thought.

Anyone know if it's even remotely possible?

Ive been looking on ebay for about a week and they all shoot up in price at the last minute. Im just trying to buy one at a reasonable price

Update: I ended up buying one on ebay for 85+ Shipping. Hours later someone offered me one f 50+ Shipping. Just goes to show redditors are awesome

I'm not using it as much as I thought I would, so I can't really justify keeping it. I would let it part for £35, including an ethernet cable, 2GB SD card and a power supply, and I would ship internationally. I am UK based, Paypal only.

So, I just ordered my Raspberry Pi, what's some cool stuff I can do with it when it arrives?

I've never used Linux before, and only done some very basic programming (a little Visual Basic, and some Fortran for my maths degree). I'd really like to learn more about Linux and programming in general and thought the Pi looked good for that.

I plan on using it plugged into my TV as some kind of media device, but what else can I do? Any other tips on set-up etc would also be handy!