<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 3:46 PM Brian E. Lavender <<a href="mailto:brian@brie.com">brian@brie.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Raspberry Pi is<br>
interesting, but mine collects dust now. If you buy a Pi, you have to<br>
buy a power supply, an SD card, a keyboard, an HDMI cable, a powered USB<br>
hub. You can get a Lenovo laptop that runs linux for 150 bucks. Or, the <br>
Chromebook. I have yet to try the Chromebook for Linux laptop.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You forgot to mention, $10 for a lucite case. RPi is indeed silly as an alternative to a general-purpose PC, and I've always been puzzled that the inventor of the RPi has marketed it that way. But it's great as a specialized appliance, which is what I've done with it: digital piano controller, controller for non-wifi printer, controller for dumb TV, etc. I would fight hard to win one of the RPis Tim's giving away, if I weren't barred, as an officer of the club, from competing for them.<br></div><div> </div></div></div>