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12:00 AM
Thank you both for being so kind to step up.
 
Welcome to RaspberryPi.SE ;)
 
This hippest place this side of hip hq.
 
We all call it the Rasp Pi by the way. It's required.
*puke
 
Accept me.
I'm so handsome I was excluded. =P
 
@dunsmoreb I'm very accepting
 
12:02 AM
@bmike I'll accept you more if you bring cookies.
 
[RaspberryPi.SE] -> Raspberry Pi
Awesome!
 
@OliverSalzburg Ya.
You can do that for any site in the comments.
 
@dunsmoreb I learned that today ;)
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Q: Add data.SE style "magic links" to comments

Won'tHow many times have you typed this: [meta](http://meta.stackexchange.com) in a comment? Me, personally, I'm sick of it. Can we has some data.stackexchange.com-style "magic links" inn comments? (inn~iff) I'd suggest the following be added (and would request others be suggested): [meta] =>...

 
[StackOverflow.SE] -> [StackOverflow.SE]
Why no worky here? D=>
 
12:05 AM
[StackOverflow.SE]
 
It's [so]
 
[So.SE]
No. It just hates me...
 
Just so
 
Oh...
Stupid Stack Overflow training me so wrong!!!
What do you guys think of this?
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Q: Raspberry Pi itself vs. specific OS issues

TiborWe should discuss what to consider a valid question for this site. We can expect many questions that are not Raspberry Pi-specific at all but rather specific to Linux itself or a particular piece of software. Should we direct them to other Stack Exchange sites or answer the question here?

Somebody already tried to add that to the proposed FAQ.
 
@dunsmoreb moar google.com/…
 
12:06 AM
I agree with your answer
 
@Jivings That's what I agreed with to...
 
Whoa
 
Whoa. Great minds think alike. =D
Guys. I'm pretty sure we can all agree that this is off-topic. Amirite?
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Q: Good lightweight web server framework?

darrenjwWhich web servers and frameworks work well on the RP? Are there tweaks which can be made to the web server config files that will make it run better given the limited RAM?

 
You can see I voted to close immediately.
 
Already deleted my first question! (should have checked for dupes). Difficult to think of questions to kick things off whilst sat on the waiting list
 
12:10 AM
Why no. Why no I did not notice that.
 
Massively subjective.
 
@winwaed It's okay.
 
Terrible question imo.
 
@winwaed A duplicate is fine in this early stage.
 
@winwaed Unless the title was identical you didn't need to delete it. Just mark as duplicate.
 
12:12 AM
. Worse. Tag. Ever.
 
Haha
 
I know, and an honest mistake and I deleted it myself. The first qu had a few good answers too.
 
Where'd you see that?
 
@Jivings
-1
Q: Problems while booting

ItehnologicalHaving difficulties booting would mean that your SD Card is written the way it is supposed to be and the OS starts loading but doesn't proceed and most certainly doesn't prompt you for logging in. How do you solve it?

 
Didn't notice that :D
I thought the question was terrible though
 
12:13 AM
Should we rename to ?
I feel compelled.
 
Can you rename tags in beta?
 
@jivings ah well. Never mind. I think I had more background but it was essentially the same qu ( about GPL prog)
 
I don't know.
Just retag it and let it die...
 
@Jivings Unused tags are removed automatically after 30days IIRC
 
Should probably be modules
 
12:14 AM
Something like that
 
How do you write tags in chat?
 
> Creating the new tag [drivers] is not allowed since the tag [driver] already exists. If you think this new tag should be allowed, raise it on meta.
@Jivings [tag: tagname ]
How are suppose to raise it on meta?
 
Okay, should be synonymous with [tag: modules]
....
 
I'm assuming they mean a software driver by .
 
Isn't a horribly ambiguous tag?
 
12:16 AM
@OliverSalzburg I agree.
 
Alright then. Ignore that.
 
I can't believe this tag exists...
Can we retag all these so that it dies?
Really?
An tag?
 
@dunsmoreb Tough
 
People will always ask about it. Might as well be an easy way to find them so they can be closed.
 
Right now, that's most likely one of the most popular topics
In a year, nobody will care
 
12:17 AM
This is true
 
Like, you'll just buy them at Amazon.
 
@OliverSalzburg agreed
 
But, for the time being. It might be a useful tag.
 
@OliverSalzburg How? It is banned in our proposed FAQ.
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A: What should the FAQ contain?

jandjorgensenQuestions about the following things are on-topic: Raspberry Pi Hardware Raspberry Pi Software Questions about the following things are off-topic: Purchasing of the device or its accessories

 
Nothing is set in stone yet, though
 
12:18 AM
Might even be useful to tag anything related to purchasing with . Then we can easily delete them later ;)
 
@OliverSalzburg Preemptive strike?
 
@dunsmoreb I like to do that on SU. We have certain topics that are actually off-topic but are somewhat still accepted (like software recommendations ).
 
Today - easiest mortarboard badge I ever earned :D
 
I like to tag questions with it. Maybe someday, we'll be able to remove them all.
 
@OliverSalzburg Maybe retag them all ?
 
12:20 AM
It's good to go around and make our edits now with our proposed ideas so the community will be able to determine what they like or don't like, but we don't have any real "rules" or standards yet. We are still yet infants
 
@Jivings I missed it by 6 votes :D
@dunsmoreb Too obvious ;)
 
@Jivings Does rep bonus count?
 
@dunsmoreb To be serious, you'd want the tag to be proper, in case the consensus regarding what is a proper question changes in the future ;)
 
never see it coming
 
@dunsmoreb Nope. Just upvotes.
 
12:22 AM
@Jivings That means my dreams are crushed.
 
Aww
I would feel bad if I wasn't harbouring resentment for your downvotes on me :'(
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What about and ?
 
@dunsmoreb Hard to say
I created the meta-tag
 
Should we retag closed questions?
 
@OliverSalzburg what does that encompass, really?
 
12:25 AM
Depending on where the major focus of the site will shift, either we need more specific programming language tags or less specific, general task tags.
 
Like servers, languages, etc.
 
@OliverSalzburg . Preemptive strike. Bam!
 
@KyleMacey Hard to say, feel free to extend the tag wiki :)
 
Should we retag closed questions though?
 
@OliverSalzburg Aye, I was just looking for what you had in mind for scope, as you birthed it
 
12:26 AM
@dunsmoreb Yes
 
@OliverSalzburg Preemptive strike. Retagged as .
What about and ?
 
@dunsmoreb Well done :)
@dunsmoreb Merge to ASAP! :P
 
@OliverSalzburg Done SrMstSgt!
 
Or if you prefer Navy: Aye, Aye MasterChief!
Protip: MCPON is the highest enlisted individual so MC is the highest enlisted rank.
We should have a list of preemptive strike tags.
What is your opinion on this?
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Q: Should questions about peripherals or accessories be allowed?

dunsmorebShould we allow questions about peripherals or accessories? From our currently proposed FAQ. Questions about the following things are off-topic: Purchasing of the device or its accessories To be clear, the definitions of these terms are. Peripheral A peripheral is a device c...

 
12:31 AM
@dunsmoreb I love the question. Don't really have an opinion right now, though.
 
@OliverSalzburg Okay. I'm guess I'm a little impatient. =P
Should we merge and ? I say yes.
 
I think there's a really fine line with this one
 
Agreed
 
Between the addons everybody has and those exotic ones :P
 
I already threw down my two bits
 
12:32 AM
@KyleMacey On what?
 
On your question and answer
All up and commenting and such
 
@KyleMacey Just wondering.
So what do you guys think? and ?
 
Could be separate I suppose
You're gonna get all those Android fanboys in here trying to make a shotty tablet some-thing-or-another
 
Both should be synonyms of
 
@OliverSalzburg +1
 
12:34 AM
questions should possibly also be tagged or something :P
 
Argh!!!! I can't edit it!!!!!
 
You ask yourself "Could this tag stand on its own?"
 
@KyleMacey I like to get a somewhat community consensus...
 
@dunsmoreb which is why I answered
 
Should we get rid of ?
 
12:37 AM
@KyleMacey While I generally agree with that statement, standing on its own is somewhat hard to define at such an early state of the site. Some tags might gain much more significance. Personally, I like to apply tags in a way that it makes the existing set of questions easier to navigate, not the future ones.
 
Favorita.
 
But I do understand that even that is hard to apply at this state.
 
@OliverSalzburg So should we get rid of ?
 
@dunsmoreb IMHO, too early to decide.
 
@OliverSalzburg K. What about and ?
 
12:39 AM
Much of a muchness.
 
@dunsmoreb Those both sound like very useful tags
 
@OliverSalzburg I mean like -> .
 
I see
Hard to say
 
Let's wait until the end of private beta.
 
I gotta get to bed :P Cya tomorrow guys ;)
 
12:40 AM
@OliverSalzburg Good night. Don't let the bed bugs bite! =D
OMG the stats are out! =D
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Raspberry Piraspberrypi.stackexchange.com

Beta Q&A site for users and developers of hardware and software for Raspberry Pi.

Currently in private beta.

 
(back after doing 'stuff') agree about in the most part, but in a year or so, it could wellbe a legitimate qu for someone in the back of beyond, eg. A third world country?
 
@winwaed See.
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Q: Are questions about ordering and shipping on-topic?

SystemDownAs the Raspberry Pi is still relatively new, and it still has a way to go when it comes to distribution, I'm fairly certain that a lot of the site's visitors will still have not acquired one. Obviously questions about ordering and pre-ordering and the like will be on their minds. Will those types...

 
@dunsmoreb Need to get that answer rate up
 
@Jivings I know.
Question rate isn't so bad though. =P
 
That's awesome yeah
 
12:45 AM
@Jivings Visits aren't so bad for first day.
Once we get open beta it should be a lot higher.
Answer ratio could be better.
 
Yah
 
@dunsmoreb thanks. I definitely agree they aren't useful in the short term, but perhaps I'll have to agree to disagree in the longer term!!
 
@winwaed I know. Nobody has a Pi so nobody knows what to ask...
And so it is a giant Google mine.
 
What about questions of the form, "is it possible to run <software X> on a raspi?"
 
They should be allowed.
 
12:50 AM
@winwaed I agree with @Jivings.
 
But tags for OS should be encouraged!
Answers differ wildly for the different linux flavours.
@winwaed Can ask that on Raspberry Pi Meta
 
@Jivings See.
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Q: Raspberry Pi itself vs. specific OS issues

TiborWe should discuss what to consider a valid question for this site. We can expect many questions that are not Raspberry Pi-specific at all but rather specific to Linux itself or a particular piece of software. Should we direct them to other Stack Exchange sites or answer the question here?

@Jivings I wish more people knew about meta...
 
I'm not talking OS issues though. More like specific RPi/ARM OS issues.
 
@Jivings Like setup?
 
Probably likely.
Or there have been a few about Java
Which results in completely different answers depending on the OS
 
12:53 AM
I agree.
 
Not having one, and not having a preference, I think it would be the default flavor of Linux for me! I'm thinking of things like JMRI (model railroad control Java app) or NLTK (python natural Lang toolkit - almost certainly yes within data/memory constraints)
 
It is questions that don't apply to Raspberry Pi that are the issue.
 
Yes, like How do I make swap space
 
@Jivings Did not notice that.
Voted to close.
 
Who is allowed to edit the FAQ?
 
12:58 AM
@Jivings No one I think.
I think we come up with a FAQ and then before the public beta it is changed.
 
I see
 
By the way, can we reopen my qusetion?
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Q: How do I install Arch Linux?

dunsmorebHow do I install Arch Linux on my Raspberry Pi?

Much better now.
Wtf.
Why did someone just create the tag?
@Jivings Should we retag as ?
 
I did vote to reopen that question actually.
Video and media aren't really the same.
 
Well I would say so that both and are supported.
 
What about images? That's media too :)
 
1:07 AM
@Jivings Exactly. =P
Kinda like a "media" server.
 
Possibly then.
 
@Jivings Can I take that as consent?
 
lol
 
@Jivings Work with me man. Work with me.
 
Personally I think they are best left separate. Questions don't always want to encompass all three.
 
1:12 AM
Really?
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Q: How do I run a media server?

Kyle MaceyI want to be able to serve files from my external hard drive through my Raspberry Pi to my network. Essentially using the Raspberry Pi as a network interface for my External Hard Drive, and allowing my other devices (game consoles, tablets, PCs, etc) to access the media there. I like the interfa...

REALLY?!?!
 
That's just unfortuante timing for this conversation :)
 
Unfortunate?
I mentioned media server exactly 6 mins ago.
Now seven.
 
Alright alright. A media tag would probably be useful.
But so would an audio and video tag.
 
@Jivings Should we tag all video as media?
 
Ok then
 
1:14 AM
Ha, I was taking it from the definition questions
 
@KyleMacey Mhmm...
 
Didn't notice it was on in here
And my question was 9 minutes ago
So... yeah
 
Crazy, I have had 400 rep so far and only one accepted answer.
 
@Jivings Haha.
 
So my answers are just not quite good enough apparently.
 
1:18 AM
@Jivings Your answers will always be good in my heart! =D
 
Thank you very much
Make that two. Thanks Kyle.
 
Low initial acceptance rates are normal for private beta - most answer acceptances take a day or two to appear (I received one today for an answer I posted last autumn!) That lag means the rate appears very low for a site that is only hours old. I'd wait a week before worrying about acceptance rates. It looks like there are quite anew answers being posted, which is good.
 
A lot of people are asleep I assume.
 
I'm not worrying.
 
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Q: Where to find instructions on how to build a GCC 4.7 cross-compiling toolchain?

TiborI already asked this question on Stack Overflow, but I would like to know if anyone managed to build a GCC 4.7 toolchain for ARM cross-compilation. There are many instructins for building GCC from source and many available cross-compilers for pre-4.7 GCC versions, just not the latest one. Compi...

Does he want GCC 4.7 for ARM?
 
1:25 AM
Someone VTCd my only question. That's worrying.
@dunsmoreb I have the answer to that somewhere. But I got bored looking and answered an easier one.
 
I'm trying to give the unanswered questions some love. D=>
Got a question! =D
 
?
 
Hold your horses.
Noes! I forgot! D=>
 
Haha whut
Shit 2:30. Time for sleeps.
 
@Jivings Wut? My question! D=>
Haha. Good night. Don't let the bed bug bite! =D
 
1:32 AM
G'night.
 
 
6 hours later…
7:59 AM
Wakey wakey rise and shine!
 
8:20 AM
Morning.
 
8:44 AM
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Q: Is it possible to generate Bitcoins?

Alex ChamberlainObviously, the RPi can be used to generate Bitcoins on the CPU, but this would be very slow. Is it possible to use the GPU to generate Bitcoins?

Too localized?
 
9:15 AM
main
 
@Jivings I think that Bitcoin question will be frequently duped, so little point in closing it
 
Okay. It's good that it's linked to the GPU calculation question anyway.
 
10:19 AM
@Jivings I added the question because I think it's going to come up rather frequently.
 
10:34 AM
@Jivings I actually think it should be closed as a dupe
Greetings btw :)
 
@OliverSalzburg Greetings. I tend to agree about the dupe
 
I hope it stays up, because it will get hits from google searches for "raspberry pi bitcoin mining"
 
@finnw Yes. I wouldn't want to delete it either. It serves an important example.
 
We need to work on traffic, but there isn't really a spectacular question to submit to HN or similar yet.
 
@AlexChamberlain the private beta launch news was on HN heh
 
I submitted, but didn't realise it got any traction. People moaned it's still in beta, so I guess it will have to wait. Submit again next week.
 
11:18 AM
I like the look of the top beta user. Handsome chap.
 
You're the Jon Skeet of the Rasp Pi :D
 
I need to have three times as much rep as anyone else for that to be true :)
 
Actually you only need to have double the rep of the 7th-place user, and you're not far off
 
Nice. Just have to keep the lead then
It's a race to established user at 1000
 
11:26 AM
Who's going to get the first gold badge?
 
Ooo
 
I think there's only 1 silver awarded...
 
Probably in 100 days :D
 
Someone got silver for meta posts.
That doesn't count :P
 
11:28 AM
Jealous?
 
You caught me.
 
@AlexChamberlain yeah most can't check the site anyway since it's in private beta
 
12:01 PM
Can someone do me a favour?
Anyone using linux right now who can help me with some RPi benchmarking?
Never mind, I've finished.
Took ages.
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Q: What kind of performance can I expect from using a Pi as a webserver?

AntonChanningHas anyone done some web server benchmarking on their Pi? I don't have my Pi yet but I'm planning on using it as a web server and I'm interested to see stats for: Number of requests per second Latency response time between requests Throughput (i.e. bytes per second) If these are different fo...

 
1:04 PM
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Q: How can I install Ubuntu?

Oliver SalzburgTo my understanding, the Raspberry Pi supports Debian. Has anyone had any success running Ubuntu on it?

Some of us are hoping to fix that
 
@popey I wasn't actually curious. I'm perfectly fine with Debian. I just wanted to contribute a question that might come up when the site goes public.
 
I've just brought that post up on meta
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Q: Tagging: [How|Can] I install [Ubuntu|Android|Arch]?

Alex ChamberlainHow should we tag these posts? Currently, they are getting OS-specific tags and operating-systems tag. A few had the setup tag, so I've added it to others, but I'm not sure this is correct.

These questions are going to come up all the time.
 
@AlexChamberlain What's with that proposed edit just now? Completely different to the Original question.
 
The commercial one?
The question is vague
He clarified it in the comments, and I wanted to make the point - if he wanted to ask a specific question, start with the question.
I thought he wanted to use an RPi in a shop as a kiosk or something
 
1:25 PM
Didn't notice the comment. Fair enough.
@AlexChamberlain Nice Windows question :D I was wondering when that would appear.
 
I'd like to say here "I hereby declare that wherever possible I use Linux!" Again, it's going to come up!
 
Definitely. You made a good job of making yourself sound like a Windows user.
"I more used to Windows"
 
Haha - I'll edit
 
I don't like that you have one more badge than me
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1:32 PM
I swear that one never works for me,.
 
You have to click all the links on the right.
 
I'll give it a go then.
 
@OliverSalzburg well, you might be lucky soon, there's enough people who want Ubuntu on ARMv6 to make it happen.
 
Not sure why. What does ubuntu have that the others don't?
 
Community, mindshare, support.
Note, I work for Canonical on Ubuntu :)
 
1:36 PM
that the others don't?
 
IMO, yes.
 
Not having used Ubuntu a great deal I wont comment. But I've found the Arch support and community to be unparalleled. Not sure about debian.
 
I run Ubuntu on my desktop - it's awesome and when I was new to Linux, it was pretty and shiny. I don't like Unity - made my netbook run like a tortoise. Almost everything is available on Debian. Thinking about Arch next.
 
I recommend it.
 
@Jivings I'll give it a go soon. PS just got another badge.
 
1:39 PM
Is Unity that Ubuntu WM?
 
\o/ Unity :D
 
13 badges too :)
 
Nice, a chatroom for Raspberry Pi :) Hi all
 
@Jivings 14!
 
1:54 PM
Only 3 here!
 
@ShaneHudson You need to read the FAQ.
 
@AlexChamberlain Damn it!
 
@AlexChamberlain Have I done something wrong?
 
@ShaneHudson No, but if you read the FAQ, you get a badge!
 
Oh! Haha Nice :)
Thanks
 

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