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raspberry-pi alternatives
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@cowboysdude said in raspberry-pi alternatives:
Starts right up no issues
Pretty much everything works just as it did on a Pi except it’s a lot fasterSo you’re running it on a Windows machine? I ask because I am too, only without being able to use the
sudocommand in Windows, some dependencies installations won’t work. i.e. MMM-voice. I really want to make a laptop MMM-NFL machine (with MMM-voice) for my son-in-law but that is the problem I am running into.So, have you used MMM-voice on anything other than a Raspberry Pi?
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@amanzimdwini said in raspberry-pi alternatives:
It was nearly that easy… on LTS 16.04 on an ancient Dell:
sudo npm install (failed)
sudo apt install nodejs-legacy
sudo npm install (succeeded)
npm start
-> Please create a config.js fileI may try this. I’ve got MM running on an old Compaq laptop. As you can see from my post above, I can’t install the dependencies for MMM-voice because
sudoisn’t recognized by WIndows and is required by the dependency installer. However, if I do as you did and make it an uBuntu machine, that might make life easier for me.Anyway, I’ve got nothing to lose by trying, except a little time
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@Mykle1 said in raspberry-pi alternatives:
@cowboysdude said in raspberry-pi alternatives:
Starts right up no issues
Pretty much everything works just as it did on a Pi except it’s a lot fasterSo you’re running it on a Windows machine? I ask because I am too, only without being able to use the
sudocommand in Windows, some dependencies installations won’t work. i.e. MMM-voice. I really want to make a laptop MMM-NFL machine (with MMM-voice) for my son-in-law but that is the problem I am running into.So, have you used MMM-voice on anything other than a Raspberry Pi?
I would format the laptop and install Unbuntu and run MM on that… I have a mini-itx with a 120G SD running Unbuntu and my 32" mirror… works well and you have the terminal window to install just as you would on a Pi… works great! :)
You can do in Windows10 but it takes more work… In Windows10 there is Bash on Unbuntu on Windows you just have to turn it on :)
I just Unbuntu. I did order an IR frame yesterday and under Windows it would be a 6 points of touch but under Linux it’s one… but still I’m happy with that :)
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@cowboysdude said in raspberry-pi alternatives:
I would format the laptop and install Unbuntu and run MM on that… I have a mini-itx with a 120G SD running Unbuntu and my 32" mirror… works well and you have the terminal window to install just as you would on a Pi… works great!
It’s funny, because uBuntu is where this all started for me (See my story in Show Your MIrror) so I shouldn’t have much trouble backtracking to that
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@Mykle1 Which is REALLY funny because it was where I started too! :)
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@cowboysdude said in raspberry-pi alternatives:
Which is REALLY funny because it was where I started too
Which is REALLY REALLY funny because that means there is hope for me ;-)
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@amanzimdwini said in raspberry-pi alternatives:
@cowboysdude It was nearly that easy… on LTS 16.04 on an ancient Dell:
sudo npm install (failed)
sudo apt install nodejs-legacy
sudo npm install (succeeded)
npm start
-> Please create a config.js fileThanks for the help!
Well in doing this so much sometimes forget to add little extra instructions…sorry!
Glad you got it working but it does work well!
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@Mykle1 said in raspberry-pi alternatives:
@cowboysdude said in raspberry-pi alternatives:
Which is REALLY funny because it was where I started too
Which is REALLY REALLY funny because that means there is hope for me ;-)
The fact that you refuse to give up means there is MUCH hope for you!! I think you’re doing quite well!!! Two months ago I wouldn’t even think to write a module… now I am working on them all the time… improving… tweaking… making new ones… I don’t release all of them but I make them :)
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Just wondering if it is possible to run the MM on this Banana Pi or on this ASUS Tinker Board and if any one tried that with good or bad results?
