Difference between revisions of "Will RPi Run"
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| − | | My favorite PS3/PC game | + | | My favorite PS3/PC game/Software |
| 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 are VERY resource intensive ( a Pi is a PII @ 300 MHz Note: Megahertz ) | + | # The majority of these games/Apps are VERY resource intensive ( a Pi is a PII @ 300 MHz + 192 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 | ||
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|Needs more RAM and will only run on Cortex/Tegra ("better" processors). | |Needs more RAM and will only run on Cortex/Tegra ("better" processors). | ||
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| − | |WinCE/WinMobile / <br> WinXYZ | + | |WinCE/WinMobile/ <br> WinXYZ |
| NO ! | | NO ! | ||
| Oh well, you are really clever. You have loads of money to throw away (licenses + man-hours and more man-hours of work) , or what ? I assure you: You won't be able to run Win32 .exes (no Crysis) ! Don't forget : the primary aim is education - embedded apps (conformity+ testing) come later. | | Oh well, you are really clever. You have loads of money to throw away (licenses + man-hours and more man-hours of work) , or what ? I assure you: You won't be able to run Win32 .exes (no Crysis) ! Don't forget : the primary aim is education - embedded apps (conformity+ testing) come later. | ||
Revision as of 00:17, 10 April 2012
| Program | Will It Run? | Note |
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| My favorite PS3/PC game/Software | 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. |
| Windows | No | Windows runs only on x86 type computers , the Pi is ARM. |
| WINE | No | Sorry. WINE is x86 only. |
| Windows 8 | NO ! | Needs more RAM and will only run on Cortex/Tegra ("better" processors). |
| WinCE/WinMobile/ WinXYZ |
NO ! | Oh well, you are really clever. You have loads of money to throw away (licenses + man-hours and more man-hours of work) , or what ? I assure you: You won't be able to run Win32 .exes (no Crysis) ! Don't forget : the primary aim is education - embedded apps (conformity+ testing) come later. |
| Netflix | No | Netflix Runs on 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. |
| Hulu | No | Flash Based ! |
| 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 |
