

You can read more about the history of Raspberry Pi and the people who have helped to make it the success it is today on our about page. See our stories page for more information about the Foundation’s charitable work. Our Foundation’s goal is to advance the education of adults and children, particularly in the field of computers, computer science and related subjects. The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a registered educational charity (registration number 1129409) based in the UK. We want to see the Raspberry Pi being used by kids all over the world to learn to program and understand how computers work. XBMC (Xbox Media Center) is an open source front end for Linux that used to only be available for the Xbox. What’s more, the Raspberry Pi has the ability to interact with the outside world, and has been used in a wide array of digital maker projects, from music machines and parent detectors to weather stations and tweeting birdhouses with infra-red cameras. Want to build this projectView PartsUse your Raspberry Pi as an awesome media portal for listening to music, watching videos, and viewing pictures.As an old-school XBOX modder, the first thing I wanted to do with my PI was turn it into a media portal. It’s capable of doing everything you’d expect a desktop computer to do, from browsing the internet and playing high-definition video, to making spreadsheets, word-processing, and playing games. It is a capable little device that enables people of all ages to explore computing, and to learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python. The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse.
