I spotted a post on gamedev.net from someone who has just obtained a Pi for Christmas. Apart from a bit of an issue with the extra stuff you need to buy (see my previous post on this), he does make a good point. A lot of the projects and posts on the official Raspberry Pi site are now waaaay beyond beginner level. I’ve chipped in to the discussion and suggested that he starts with Alex’s Raspi.tv site which has some different tutorials for different levels.
I sincerely hope he finds the help he needs as it would be a pity to lose someone so early after their purchase.
So, if you fancy contributing to the discussion, head on over to the forum. I would recommend NOT registering using Facebook as it completely failed for me! Google worked okay though.
http://www.gamedev.net/topic/636488-is-anyone-else-having-doubts-about-the-raspberry-pi/
“I dunno what makes anyone think that a charger like that would be laying around”
Well I don’t know about where he’s from but in Europe its becoming pretty much the standard power supply for everything which doesn’t have an Apple logo on it. And seriously how on earth did he have a USB charger with only 250mA? That’s certainly unusual in my experience.
I admit the software is tricky but I disagree about the hardware, I think most people will have at least some hardware they can use.
Oh, I totally agree. In fact, I would find it unusual NOT to have a spare charger lying around, or at least an SD card that can be used, even if it’s a 2GB one. Strange what some people will consider normal…