I would like to display VRS on a Pi B

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Not sure where to put this post. Mods, please move it if there’s a better board.

I want to use a Pi B to display VRS on a monitor. I bought a VESA mount to attach the Pi to the back of the monitor. Problem is, Epiphany, the browser that comes with Debian Wheezy maxes out the Pi’s CPU even before it opens up the VRS web page. So I installed Midori - same issue. I read that kweb is a very lightweight browser. It uses less that 1% of CPU - but it won’t display the VRS page, for some reason. Maybe needs Java? Anyone using a Pi B to display VRS? Any suggestions? Right now I’m using a 8" tablet as my “kitchen monitor”. I want to replace it with a 17" monitor with the Pi as the CPU.

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I can’t vouch for the Pi B but my Pi2 displays VRS fine on Epiphany consuming about 15-20% CPU. I vaguely remember my Pi B not being that sharp on a GUI and Epiphany for any web browsing.

Cheers,
Michael

New Zealand

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Joe,

Did you try Chromium yet and see if that one works ok?

Debian

$ sudo apt-get install chromium
If you receive any errors running this command, try running

$ sudo apt-get update
and then rerun the first command again.

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Anyone tried Windows 10 on Pi2 … It might even be a free download from Microsoft.

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It’s not really Windows 10…
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=105&t=115197&sid=f87e252e31ea6a1ef1c126a5b2949f66
http://www.mikronauts.com/raspberry-pi/how-can-i-install-windows-10-on-the-raspberry-pi-2/

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Or: WINO (Windows in Name Only)- sort of like your Congressperson being called Representative.

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Thanks. I’ll give that a try. I swapped out the Pi B+ with a Pi 2 and it’s still painfully slow using Epiphany.

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Joe,

You could install ubuntu-mate from the raspberrypi.org site. Then install vrs on it.

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Chromium is much better, thanks! It’s much more responsive than Epiphany.

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That’s good. Hope it works for ya.

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Here is a link for a few different Web browers.

computers.tutsplus.com/articles/ … -mac-60717