[dcuthbertson]

> did nobody ever have a small, general purpose computer before the Raspberry Pi came along?

I'm not sure I follow - does anything that runs http://archlinuxarm.org/ count? I have four Pogoplugs at home. For about the last year or so, two of them run a web server and an rsync backup server. The other two are for learning/experimenting.

[Nursie]

Sorry, text and sarcasm don't always play nicely. I've had sheevaplugs and before that NSLU2s, and a couple of more exotic ARM boards too.

I was more just wondering why this was written at all, because 'how to plug in a USB enclosure' and 'basic samba config' are topics that are so well covered already that it seems odd anyone would write more about them. Adding 'on the Raspberry Pi' seems to be enough for people to consider it novel these days, and I start to wonder if the 'on the Raspberry Pi' crowd realize that the Pi really is just another linux computer.

Note that I'm not saying this is a bad little tutorial.

[BHSPitMonkey]

He was not asking sincerely; He was commenting on the influx of articles representing the current fascination with using the Raspberry Pi for projects like this (since there is nothing particularly new about the R-Pi other than its low price).