raspberry-pi alternatives

cowboysdude

Or go with another Linux distro… I installed it on a computer and installed the mirror on it… worked pretty good and MUCH faster :)

lolobyte

@tajno

do a cron job to restart your raspi every night!

amanzimdwini

@cowboysdude

any SHORT intro on how to put a MM onto an old laptop with Ubuntu running on it?
I have it on two Pis (2 and 3); managed to get it onto a Win10 box - Ubuntu is next :)

Thanks

cowboysdude

@amanzimdwini Installing MM is easy on Unbuntu.

I downloaded it and unpacked it into MagicMirror folder then in a terminal window:

npm install
npm start

Starts right up no issues :)

Pretty much everything works just as it did on a Pi except it’s a lot faster :)

amanzimdwini

@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 file

Thanks for the help!

Mykle1

@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 faster

So you’re running it on a Windows machine? I ask because I am too, only without being able to use the sudo command 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?

Mykle1

@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 file

I 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 sudo isn’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

cowboysdude

@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 faster

So you’re running it on a Windows machine? I ask because I am too, only without being able to use the sudo command 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 :)

Mykle1

@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

cowboysdude

@Mykle1 Which is REALLY funny because it was where I started too! :)