Then take at Micro Mart magazine this week to see the first of my monthly article series covering Raspberry Pi news, community events, hardware, software, games and tips.
Here are a few extracts:
The Model A board is an even cheaper entry point to Raspberry Pi computing. The goal was to produce a $25 board, to complement the $35 Model B. To achieve this price a few components are missing. Nevertheless, there are some advantages to owning a Model A.
The Pi Store is a joint venture involving IndieCity (indiecity.com) and Velocix (velocix.com). A client app runs on the Raspberry Pi as an X application. The latest update to the official Raspbian image already contains the store app.
If you have an older image the app can be downloaded by typing the commands below into a terminal window on your Internet-connected Raspberry Pi:
If you have an older image the app can be downloaded by typing the commands below into a terminal window on your Internet-connected Raspberry Pi:
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install pistore
A blog post in late 2012 from Mojang, the Stockholm-based indie games development company, confirmed it is working on a Raspberry Pi version of Minecraft (minecraft.net). Dubbed the Minecraft: Pi Edition it's a port of the existing Minecraft: Pocket Edition.
Interestingly, and totally in keeping with the Raspberry Pi theme of open software, this will be a 'hackable' version of the game.
Interestingly, and totally in keeping with the Raspberry Pi theme of open software, this will be a 'hackable' version of the game.
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