[lug] free pi

Fri Jan 25 10:28:36 MST 2019

Just to get started, I setup a PiBox channel in IRC.  You can use a
browser to get to it:

https://kiwiirc.com/client?settings=0a22883b0fb76889a6895b6fb1d35ad9

Or just connect to irc.freenode.net, channel #pibox.

Yeah, I know:  what about Slack/HipChat/latest_chat_tool?  Well, IRC is
free.  And the web client is simple to point people at.  Good enough.
:-)

On Thu, 2019-01-24 at 21:19 -0700, Michael J. Hammel wrote:
> Okay, glad to help out.  We can either get together at the next BLUG
> meeting (before or after), or I can set up a forum on my issue
> tracker
> where we can talk freely and I can explain how to get started.
> 
> I used to run a PiBox Meetup group in Colorado Springs, but I moved
> to
> Broomfield (by the airport) and haven't started it up again.  I could
> always try to get that going again if that's a better option.
> 
> Stephen and Bethany - let me know how you'd like to work on
> this.  Feel
> free to email me directly:
> mjhammel at graphics-muse.org
> michaelhammel at acm.org
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2019-01-24 at 10:08 -0500, Stephen Kraus wrote:
> > I too will have to play with this, nicely done!
> > 
> > On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:06 AM Bethany Hobson <blhobson at gmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> > > Ping! ;-)  Very interested to learn how to use your PiBox. 
> > > 
> > > Thanks,  Michael!
> > > 
> > > Thanks again, Glenn!
> > > 
> > > Peace
> > > --
> > > Bethany
> > > 
> > > > On Jan 22, 2019, at 6:04 PM, Michael J. Hammel <mjhammel at graphi
> > > > cs
> > > 
> > > -muse.org> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Bethany (and anyone else who might be interested).  I build
> > > > a
> > > 
> > > custom
> > > > Linux distribution for Pi's called PiBox.   It has a kiosk mode
> > > 
> > > for
> > > > digital picture frames.  There is an example of how this works
> > > > in
> > > 
> > > the
> > > > video on the project page:
> > > > 
> > > > https://www.piboxproject.com/
> > > > https://youtu.be/Yv54eLf-B98?t=95
> > > > 
> > > > The kiosk mode works well for Pi 2's and 3's.  Feel free to
> > > > ping
> > > 
> > > me if
> > > > you're interested in learning how to use this.  
> > > > 
> > > > > On Tue, 2019-01-22 at 15:52 -0700, Bethany Hobson wrote:
> > > > > Hi Glenn,
> > > > > 
> > > > > If any still available, would like to take them off your
> > > > > hands.
> > > 
> > > Have
> > > > > wanted to learn about Raspberry Pi, and programming.
> > > > > Interested
> > > 
> > > in
> > > > > making digital picture frame and maybe weather station. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Peace
> > > > > --
> > > > > Bethany
> > > > > 
> > > > > > On Jan 22, 2019, at 2:17 PM, ghe <ghe at slsware.net> wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I've got a box of Raspberry Pis that I've been using for a
> > > > > > long
> > > > > > time.
> > > > > > Some as toys, one on the Internet as a DNS server, others
> > > > > > as
> > > > > > replacements for earlier ones that never happened. Those
> > > > > > with
> > > 
> > > SD
> > > > > > cards
> > > > > > should have Raspbian of some flavor in them.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > It looks like four of them are 2s (two in boxes, two in a
> > > > > > GeauxRobot
> > > > > > three level dog bone kit with no top or bottom. Or third
> > > > > > RPi.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > One's a 3 with no case, no SD card, but with heat sinks.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > And there are 2 unlabeled ones with the big SD card, both
> > > > > > in
> > > 
> > > those
> > > > > > clear
> > > > > > dog bone cases. One has an 8G card, the other is a 16G.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > And there's one I can't find a label on. I suspect it's a
> > > > > > 2.
> > > 
> > > It's
> > > > > > has a
> > > > > > 32G small SD card, a dog bone bottom, and one of those tiny
> > > > > > Adafruit
> > > > > > monitor screens on top. The software's been modified to
> > > > > > make it
> > > > > > work
> > > > > > (Adafruit software). The screen worked fine last time I had
> > > 
> > > power
> > > > > > on it.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > And there's a 32G small SD card, in a big SD card adapter
> > > > > > and a
> > > > > > couple
> > > > > > 8G big SD cards, loose in the box. One, FWIW, with a
> > > > > > genuine
> > > > > > Raspberry
> > > > > > Pi logo on it.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > No wall warts. I don't know where they went.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > All of them worked last time I had power in them.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > They are free for BLUG folk that want them.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > ghe at slsware.net
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > Glenn English
> > > > > > 
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