ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoRaspberry Pi becomes a public companywww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up1609arrow-down112
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minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 months agoI had one and returned it. The hardware was good but the software was total ass
minus-squareLandless2029@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·5 months agoThat’s the biggest issue. Support. Most of the success of the RPi is due to rasparian and community support.
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoNever take software from a hardware company. https://www.armbian.com/download/
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 months agoI sank a ton of time trying to get several OSes running on it, including that one, with almost no luck. Out of the few that even did run, there were always piles of issues. You assumed I only meant the official OSes but I didn’t.
I had one and returned it. The hardware was good but the software was total ass
That’s the biggest issue. Support.
Most of the success of the RPi is due to rasparian and community support.
Never take software from a hardware company.
https://www.armbian.com/download/
I sank a ton of time trying to get several OSes running on it, including that one, with almost no luck. Out of the few that even did run, there were always piles of issues. You assumed I only meant the official OSes but I didn’t.