[GTALUG] Raspberry Pi

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Aruna Hewapathirane via talk <talk at gtalug.org>

| Hi Mat, many thanks and the more ram it has on board the better. This is
| strictly
| for my own experimenting and learn by doing stuff. So any Pi will do to
| start off with I guess.
| 
| I am hoping to go down the embedded linux rabbit hole. I have been messing
| around
| with arduino for a while now and  I guess it is now time to move on to
| something a little
| easier to compile and test a linux kernel on :-)

Any Raspberry Pi would do for what you just said until you get to the last 
line.

If you don't care about kernel build time, I *guess* that any Pi would do, 
but I don't know.

| I am also very interested in seeing if a Pi can replace my ancient desktop.
| I simply can't
| afford the Pi-4 desktop version with the dual monitor setup

You don't need two monitors so you can remove that cost.  You can probably 
use your old monitor, keyboard, and mouse (you might need dongles to 
convert between old and new standards).

What are the specs of your ancient desktop?

Most ancient desktops are actually more powerful than a Pi.  For some 
meanings of "ancient".  If yours is really ancient, I would guess that 
there is a cast-off PC that is less ancient.

If you put a premium on "cute" and don't mind the various inconveniences, 
a Pi can surely be used as your main general-purpose desktop.
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