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Project Pine

An open source HTML 5 game console

Pine's goal is to provide a game console for HTML 5 games.

Technical stack

• Raspberry Pi
• Linux
• Google Chromium
• NodeJS

Plan

1. Research technical feasibility
2. Set up development environment
3. Emulate software environment on X86 (for easier development)
4. Run software on Raspberry Pi Hardware

1. Technical Feasibility

Raspberry Pi runs on ARM architecture, so the stack needs to be compatible with it.

• Linux: Going to first try the Debian "squeeze" distro recommended on the Raspberry Pi site. Also going to look at Raspbian.
• Node: Confirmed to run on the Raspberry Pi.
• Chromium: Looks like it should run.

2. Development Environment

For sanity, Pine's development workflow will be optimized for virtual machines. Hopefully we can get this to run on OS X with emulated ARM hardware.