raspberry pi for web programming/development
- by Mark Dee
I'm into web development and my machine (AMD Phenom II, 8G RAM) is running Ubuntu 13.04. I love my current setup but I kinda miss some of Windows software like MSOffice or Adobe suites, and running on Virtualbox doesn't feel as snappy for me.... So I'm thinking of buying a new cheap machine where I would install Linux and do my development work there and have my current machine run Windows.
I just found this thing called Raspberry pi which is really cheap and requires 12v only (I think) which makes it good for downloading stuff overnight. So, does it make sense to buy Raspberry pi, make it my primary dev machine, Windows being the secondary (for Adobe and browser testing of course)?
Basically, I want to know if Raspberry pi meets the following requirements:
It should run ArchLinux
Sublime Text 3
python
ruby
nginx
nodejs
Deluge or Transmission
(well, maybe just those, no need for videos and music players)