I'm not against the raspberry i have one , but i don't see why its so slow at times wouldn't you just be better off using a mobile phone etc to control it all i played with one for hours and really saw no reason why the big deal a raspberry over a PC or phone, when a good ole windows or Linux PC or phone can do better . i even asked the dev they told kind of told me they are some what out dated . ( raspberry that is ) .
I am not a Raspi-boi, but they are ridiculously cheap and use next to no power compared to a "good ole" PC, whatever OS it is running.
Getting USB miners recognised and connected under Windows is a game of chance, whereas Minepeon has accepted all of mine immediately.
I am running miners on both a Raspi and a Epia Mini-ITX Linux box (Arch Linux/bfgminer on a 900 MHz CPU), I haven't really noticed either being particularly slow - what sort of slowdown are you seeing? Web interface, bfgminer text display...?
As for using a mobile (smart) phone to control your miner.. well if you have one to spare then you're lucky - but it's a little difficult to imagine running a miner controller on one (though you can actually mine with the CPU).
WEbb or GUI part its so slow CPU uses goes up to 100 % fast etc I've update everything with putty I'm not against its a really nice idea i just don't see it working for me . i do like the idea of a very small PC monitoring and controlling it all. but i won't give up but also won't go out of my way and spend hours tiring to run some thing that in the end needs a major update to our times four cores etc or a way to add more memory , upgrade the CPU etc etc .. but I won't give up on it just don't see it right now . btw I'm waiting for the new MinePeon to come out that supports the B+ version or ver 2 not the beta MinePeon. maybe then . seems the 2.4.6 there is no network or USB acess yet that i saw beta has it . much rather use the finally version unless i missed the new one some place ..
or I'm just doing some thing wrong i have not discovered yet and I have done a lot of research and goggling on it with no luck My USB sticks with miner on them run faster and better then this did .
I'm not talking the ant U# or bitfury etc with a USB hub. with the software on a USB stick but there's that problem again a PC .
i have yet to have any issue setting up any antminers u # or bitfurys etc in windows it's when i try to combine one that uses a diff driver then the other uses that it starts to be a bear but i do it . why i want to use this as you said no issue setting up the miners. so I'll wait and see how the next release of Minepeon comes to gather.
as for power Ive never really had a problem with power in my house being to high, bill wise but if i can avoid using a PC for anything more then gaming or email or web searches hell yea why not i was hoping for this and anything saved is all ways Anything earned
well any way I'm off
Happy mining