I just found out how amazing these little things are. I got it running Raspbmc, connected to my external drive, and sharing my music, movies, and pictures across every device in the house. If anyone is into technology, you know what I am talking about. :kiss:
Yah buddy I checked these out a while back. Freaking awesome. And the price makes it even better. What do you have in it $ wise now? So many cool cases for them too. I want one to stick up behind the TV in the bedroom.
Get it at http://www.rs-components.com/raspberrypi about $35. Not sure about building one, this costs $35. With the external drive enclosure (I had the drive), the usb hub, SD card, USB flash drive, power cord, remote, and fan, I am in it for like $130 total. I put the Pi inside of an old DVD player that I stripped down for parts. I found some PC's on Ebay for $40 after I got this thing, so I am kicking myself. I should have gone the PC route because I would have a full web browser. I bought it so I would have a dedicated media center, so I could access my photos, videos, and music from any device in the house. It does all this, but that's about it. Oh well, it's fun to play with anyhow.
No web browser? Can't they run ubuntu from the SD though? I would imagine if we can get ubuntu on android devices or windows mobile devices we could get it going there easily
