Difference between revisions of "Will RPi Run"
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− | |Windows | + | | A piece of software |
− | |No | + | | ? |
− | | | + | | '''First, look below and replace "game" with "my software" .''' If it is open source , You could try to test it yourself. : <br> |
+ | Get the development VM , the software source code, <br> compile in scratchbox, run in scratchbox and qemu :<br> If it works it'll work on the pi , but perhaps slower. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | My favorite PS3/PC game | ||
+ | | NO ! | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | * The majority of these games are made for Windows. | ||
+ | * The majority of these games are closed-source (no easy porting). | ||
+ | * The majority of these games are VERY resource intensive <br> ( a Pi is a PII @ 300 MHz + 256 MB RAM - Note: MEGAhertz, MEGAbytes) | ||
+ | Minecraft : no, Quake 3 : luckily yes , other games: convince the developer ! | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | My favorite Web 2.0 / 1.0 App | ||
+ | | ? | ||
+ | | As long there is no Flash content , of course. Might be slow. Check out the mobile/HTML5 versions. <br> | ||
+ | facebook: yes , Google : yes , hulu : no , youtube: yes. | ||
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+ | |- | ||
+ | | Another operating system | ||
+ | | ? | ||
+ | | <nowiki> "I like to code my own one :"</nowiki> | ||
+ | The Pi has no BIOS , relies on binary blobs and closed-source <br> userspace libraries for graphics accceleration and GPU/CPU bootup. Feel free to go. Many APIs available <br> | ||
+ | Else: | ||
+ | Mac OS X : never , RiscOS: WIP , Fedora 14: WIP , Debian 6 : yes , ArchLinux : yes ,<br> DOS: use qemu (should be fast enough) , <br> Darwin - you realize there is a big difference to MAC OS X ? | ||
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+ | |- | ||
+ | | Windows | ||
+ | | No | ||
+ | | Windows runs only on x86 type computers , the Pi is ARM. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Windows 8 | ||
+ | | NO ! | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | * Will only run on Cortex/Tegra ("better" processors). | ||
+ | * Needs more RAM | ||
+ | * Only the tablet producers may make contracts with Microsoft. <br> The producers do the porting work. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | WinCE/WinMobile/ <br> WinXYZ | ||
+ | | NO ! | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | * Do you have loads of money to throw away <br> (licenses + man-hours for debugging , porting , debugging again ) ? | ||
+ | * 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 <br> will be accounted for (embedded applications , medical applications , rocket science) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | WINE | ||
+ | | No | ||
+ | | Sorry. WINE is x86 only. Anything else is a pipe dream , believe me. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Netflix | ||
+ | | No | ||
+ | | Netflix uses proprietary technology (Microsoft Silverlight) which is not supported for Linux. There is a<br />help request against that online. | ||
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− | | | + | | Android |
− | | | + | | ? |
− | | | + | | Very propable , but NOT Ice Cream Sandwich ! Remember : 256 MB RAM ? |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |Java |
− | | | + | |Yes |
− | | | + | | Might be *slow* . No idea about browser plugins. The Open JDK has has a slow JIT <br> Oracle are keen to port their JDK. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |Flash |
|No | |No | ||
− | | | + | |You can try gnash (GNU Flash) and many other projects. <br> They are NOT a drop-in replacement for Adobes official thing. |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Apache | ||
+ | | Yes apparently | ||
+ | |[http://elinux.org/RPi_webserver Apache Web server port Page] | ||
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Revision as of 08:28, 15 September 2012
Program | Will It Run? | Note |
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A piece of software | ? | First, look below and replace "game" with "my software" . If it is open source , You could try to test it yourself. : Get the development VM , the software source code, |
My favorite PS3/PC game | NO ! |
Minecraft : no, Quake 3 : luckily yes , other games: convince the developer ! |
My favorite Web 2.0 / 1.0 App | ? | As long there is no Flash content , of course. Might be slow. Check out the mobile/HTML5 versions. facebook: yes , Google : yes , hulu : no , youtube: yes. |
Windows | No | Windows runs only on x86 type computers , the Pi is ARM. |
Windows 8 | NO ! |
|
WinCE/WinMobile/ WinXYZ |
NO ! |
|
WINE | No | Sorry. WINE is x86 only. Anything else is a pipe dream , believe me. |
Netflix | No | Netflix uses proprietary technology (Microsoft Silverlight) which is not supported for Linux. There is a help request against that online. |
Android | ? | Very propable , but NOT Ice Cream Sandwich ! Remember : 256 MB RAM ? |
Java | Yes | Might be *slow* . No idea about browser plugins. The Open JDK has has a slow JIT Oracle are keen to port their JDK. |
Flash | No | You can try gnash (GNU Flash) and many other projects. They are NOT a drop-in replacement for Adobes official thing. |
Apache | Yes apparently | Apache Web server port Page |