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AirPlay running on Raspberry Pi

82 points| emson | 14 years ago |raspberrypi.org

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[+] patrickod|14 years ago|reply
It's great to see such projects being created even while so few have access to the beta boards. I'm very interested to see what the community produces once the first batch are sold and in the hands of users.
[+] alexbell|14 years ago|reply
Playing around developing for a Rasberry Pi (or 4) is going to be one of the coolest/most satisfying things I do coding wise in 2012 I think.
[+] pdmccormick|14 years ago|reply
On the theme of a very rewarding change of perspective and exciting new possibilities, I'd heartily recommend everyone try their hand at developing for a small, embedded microcontroller platform. I don't know why sequencing and flashing LEDs is so satisfying.

That being said, I am excited about the possibilities of Raspberry Pi's, and hope they can meet their ambitious price point and stay well stocked. The design is impressive, and I hope they find equal success with the logistics and supply chain management side of the equation.

[+] av500|14 years ago|reply
In other words, software is successfully running on a CPU, this is news?
[+] monological|14 years ago|reply
I don't understand why the rpi is so special. Any half-decent hardware engineer could have built this. They just optimized the BOM to get it to $25 bucks? Someone explain this to me.
[+] 54mf|14 years ago|reply
If anyone could have built it, why didn't anyone build it until now?
[+] kemayo|14 years ago|reply
Being incredibly cheap is a transformative feature.