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

Currently in private beta.

I want to attach a touchscreen to my Raspberry Pi. While doing some internet search about this, I found out that this is not trivial, because not all touchscreens are compatible. How do I find out, whether a touchscreen is compatible to the Raspberry Pi? I am not looking for recommendations or ...

I'd like to demonstrate how it's possible to 'bootstrap' up from a near-bare installation of Linux to something useful and productive. The Tiny Core and LFS projects demonstrate this well. However they are specific images for x86 based systems Is there a similar project based around ARM based sy...

If I sign up for waiting lists at both Farnell and RS Components to try to get my RPi slightly sooner, will it cause any problems? Am I committing to buy one when I go on the waiting list? When are the waiting lists expected to be cleared?

One of my friends signed up to grab a Pi from both Farnell and RS, he received both without any problems. I'm not sure if this is technically allowed, but I doubt you'd have any grief - especially if you're registering interest now when the availability isn't anywhere near as scarce as it was a f...

Yes, we should be consistent. No, we shouldn't abbreviate. I would prefer to replace all those instances with the proper trademark.

The Raspberry Pi does not come with a case. Is it safe to rest the device on any dry surface during operation? For example, would it be safe to place a case-less Rasp Pi directly on the floor of a metal comms cabinet? Would resting the Rasp Pi upon a conductive surface cause problems or prove d...

Does it need ventilation? Do I need to use fire-proof materials?