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comment by dublinben
dublinben  ·  2901 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 21, 2016

If the cost difference is that much, that's pretty reasonable. By hacking, I just mean that the Pi isn't actually supported by the mainline kernel of mainstream distributions. It requires specific proprietary firmware to boot that will limit you to only running specialized operating systems like "rasbpian."





veen  ·  2901 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I figured as much. The Pi to me is more an 'Arduino with added Linux' than a 'PC with less functionality'. I also haven't done anything with Linux so far so I'm more than happy with a proprietary-ish kernel.