I guess I'd better learn some more about Raspberry Pi. On the other
hand I tried very hard to introduce a Linux machine into my Windows LAN
to be used as a secure financial transaction machine. Should have been
easy as Pi. However none of the 5 or 6 distributions I tried could (out
of the box) both communicate wirelessly AND print to a Windows printer.
Only one could communicate wirelessly and none could print to any of
my three Windows printers (including Mint which is supposed to be
Windows friendly). Of course, those things can be accomplished but I
was not willing to invest more than the several hours I already had
trying to understand how to add the additional function. I think Linux
gurus fail to understand the gulf between Linux and Windows even for
someone as myself who is at least moderately computer literate.
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/3/2014 8:35 AM, Frank wrote:
This 'dirt cheap' old xp machine is still twice the price of a Raspberry
Pi.
A raspberry pi will have HDMI output (that is in fact its only output),
will fit behind the TV or have a very small footprint, will operate without
fan in absolute silence, and will be considerable cheaper to run because of
low power requirements (it might even run on the usb output of the tv).
And since it an up-to-date linux OS, you can even use pictures from the
internet (assuming you don't like XP connected anymore).
Actually, such a picture frame is on my to-do list. I'll post some pictures
when I'm done ;-).
Best, Frank
2014-12-03 1:32 GMT+01:00 Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
No sound so no HDMI required, DVI will do the job. Drive it with an old
XP machine (refurb'd probably dirt cheap). Then run any kind of off the
shelf software... lots and lots available. Lots and lots more like this
available... $84.95 and free shipping. <http://www.computerrefurb.
com/deals-of-the-day/desktop-and-tower-deals/dell-optiplex-
gx520-desktop-celeron-2-53ghz-1gb-ram-40gb-hd-xp-pro/>
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/2/2014 5:34 PM, Ian Nichols wrote:
On 2 December 2014 at 22:25, Mike Lazzari <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
My wife and I have enjoyed having a digital picture frame with slideshow
playing in the dining room. The available frames we've had have been
junk.
All 3 have failed after about a year. One failed just before the 1 year
warranty and was replaced. Replacement failed within a year too. The rest
conveniently failed just outside of warranty period. Not going there
again.
You must think I'm a bit slow for buying three :)
Anyway, small TV's are dirt cheap so I'm thinking of getting one just to
play jpg's. Most of them have a usb port and will play jpg's but I'm not
sure that they have a slideshow function that works without user input.
Ideally I like to program a time period to start and run and shut down.
Our
old TV will play jpg's but has none of the features I want. Anyone have a
new TV which will do this? I'm willing to get a "smart" TV with wifi if
necessary. Maybe I can stream from the computer ??
I suggest for consideration the idea of getting one with an HDMI input (or
a cheap monitor with the same) and adding something like a Raspberry Pi to
do the picture frame thing.
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