[01:35] <nhaines> I am back from Microcenter and I have a Raspberry Pi 2.
[01:36] <nhaines> Step 2: find a reason to have a Raspberry Pi 2.
[01:36] <ianorlin> not sure I like running stuff off microsd card
[03:04] <philipballew> pleia2, pm?
[04:34]  * pleia2 returns from evening travels
[04:38] <nhaines> pleia2: _o/
[04:38] <pleia2> hey nhaines
[04:38] <DonkeyHotei> hi
[04:39] <pleia2> evening
[04:40] <nhaines> I was playing with LXDE tonight.  I hate the mouse accceleration but everything else is great.
[04:42] <pleia2> can you tune mouse things in lxde these days?
[04:43] <pleia2> I was using it on my ppc powerbook a while back and mouse was soooo slow, had to use 3rd party tools to tune back then I think
[04:43] <DonkeyHotei> this might be a question for ianorlin
[04:44] <ianorlin> there is keyboard and mouse
[04:44] <nhaines> pleia2: you can crank the acceleration way up and then if you pretend really hard you imagine the mouse isn't lagging by a quarter of a second anymore.
[04:44] <ianorlin> you can change it under preferneces
[04:44] <pleia2> nhaines: ah, doh
[04:45] <pleia2> ianorlin: thanks
[04:45] <nhaines> I installed Raspbian on my PRPi2 and installed LibreOffice.  Slow to open, but opening a small file was snappy.
[04:46] <elky> what's the specs on the 2?
[04:46] <pleia2> actually-useful-computer
[04:47] <nhaines> +1
[04:47] <DonkeyHotei> elky: twice the ram
[04:47] <nhaines> 900 MHz quadcore ARMv7, 1GB RAM.
[04:47] <nhaines> Six times the computer.
[04:47] <elky> how much are they now?
[04:47] <nhaines> Still $35.
[04:47] <DonkeyHotei> same price
[04:48] <nhaines> Also form factor.
[04:50] <ianorlin> I had the wierd ides of putting a tv in a table and then hooking a computer up to an hdmi port and running inkscape to run a map for dnd
[04:51] <nhaines> Tag the minatures with NFC and you're all set.
[04:51] <DonkeyHotei> ianorlin: why not a tablet?
[04:52] <ianorlin> I am not sure it would be big enough for multiple players to see at once
[04:52] <nhaines> Because 30 inch maps don't scale to 7" tablet screens?
[04:52] <ianorlin> inkscape chess could work
[04:53] <ianorlin> although having a tabletop program that could run on an ubuntu vps and you could just connect to with a browser would be awesome
[04:54] <ianorlin> but you would need stuff for maps which would take a while
[04:54] <DonkeyHotei> you could use a 10" tablet instead of 7"
[04:55] <ianorlin> yeah but how would 3 people see the map at the same time
[04:55] <DonkeyHotei> with good eyesight
[04:55] <elky> ianorlin: glass table + pocket projector maybe
[04:55] <ianorlin> or I could hook the map up to a desktop montior and use a laptop better
[13:25] <murdamax> ...
[18:00] <Roguehorse> The problem with imaging the map to the table is hiding and unhiding the visible area
[18:11] <Roguehorse> our DM used a laminated matt and dry erase markers then only exposed to the level that vision was available
[18:11] <Roguehorse> it's bulky and time consuming, but worked
[23:34] <philipballew> pleia2, quick pm?
[23:34] <pleia2> philipballew: shoot