Difference between revisions of "Will RPi Run"
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− | | My favorite PS3/PC game | + | | My favorite PS3/PC game |
| NO ! | | NO ! | ||
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# The majority of games are made for Windows. | # The majority of games are made for Windows. | ||
# The majority of these games are closed -source (no easy porting). | # The majority of these games are closed -source (no easy porting). | ||
− | # The majority of these games | + | # The majority of these games are VERY resource intensive ( a Pi is a PII @ 300 MHz + 256 MB RAM - Note: MEGAhertz, MEGAbytes) |
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− | | My favorite Web 2.0 /1.0 App | + | | My favorite Web 2.0 / 1.0 App |
| ? | | ? | ||
− | | As long there is no Flash content , of course. Might be slow. Check out the mobile versions. | + | | As long there is no Flash content , of course. Might be slow. Check out the mobile versions. Propably no hulu for you. |
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| Windows | | Windows | ||
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| WINE | | WINE | ||
| No | | No | ||
− | | Sorry. WINE is x86 only. | + | | Sorry. WINE is x86 only. Anything else is a pipe dream , believe me. |
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− | |Windows 8 | + | | Windows 8 |
| NO ! | | NO ! | ||
− | |Needs more RAM and will only run on Cortex/Tegra ("better" processors). | + | | Needs more RAM and will only run on Cortex/Tegra ("better" processors). Also only the tablet producers make |
+ | contracts with Microsoft. | ||
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|WinCE/WinMobile/ <br> WinXYZ | |WinCE/WinMobile/ <br> WinXYZ | ||
| NO ! | | NO ! | ||
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+ | * Do you have loads of money to throw away (licenses + man-hours and more man-hours of work) ? | ||
+ | * Do you realise that you won't be able to run plain Win32 .exes (no Crysis !) ? | ||
+ | * Do you realise that the primary aim is education ? - anything else isn't tested or will be accounted for (embedded) | ||
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|Netflix | |Netflix | ||
|No | |No | ||
− | |Netflix | + | |Netflix uses proprietary technology which is not supported for Linux. There is a petition against that online. |
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|Android | |Android | ||
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|No | |No | ||
|RAM usage is too demanding for the RPi. But you know , Minecraft geeks will come up with something. Perhaps a "lite" server. | |RAM usage is too demanding for the RPi. But you know , Minecraft geeks will come up with something. Perhaps a "lite" server. | ||
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|Java | |Java |
Revision as of 01:46, 10 April 2012
Program | Will It Run? | Note |
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My favorite PS3/PC game | NO ! |
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My favorite Web 2.0 / 1.0 App | ? | As long there is no Flash content , of course. Might be slow. Check out the mobile versions. Propably no hulu for you. |
Windows | No | Windows runs only on x86 type computers , the Pi is ARM. |
WINE | No | Sorry. WINE is x86 only. Anything else is a pipe dream , believe me. |
Windows 8 | NO ! | Needs more RAM and will only run on Cortex/Tegra ("better" processors). Also only the tablet producers make
contracts with Microsoft. |
WinCE/WinMobile/ WinXYZ |
NO ! |
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Netflix | No | Netflix uses proprietary technology which is not supported for Linux. There is a petition against that online. |
Android | ? | Very propable , but NOT Ice Cream Sandwich ! Remember : 256 MB RAM ? |
Minecraft | No | RAM usage is too demanding for the RPi. But you know , Minecraft geeks will come up with something. Perhaps a "lite" server. |
Java | Yes | Might be *slow* . No idea about browser plugins. |
Flash | No | You can try gnash (GNU Flash) and gazillions of other projects. They are NOT a drop-in replacement for Adobes official thing. |
YouTube | Yes | You can use the HTML 5 version of YouTube |