Subj : Re: Pinebook Pro
To   : paulie420
From : Dr. What
Date : Thu Sep 17 2020 08:55:55

-=> paulie420 wrote to All <=-

 pa> I guess using it for learning python and GPIO [you can access 6 thru
 pa> the SD card reader... or add a GPIO addon for 20.] its a great system.
 pa> Heck, you could run a bbs on it - or... do anything that you'd do with
 pa> a top notch Raspberry Pi system. It ships now with Manjaro ARM on it
 pa> and man... it is a tinkerers dream.

 pa> Just figured I'd post, cause I heard some people talking it down - I
 pa> think people want a full laptop daily machine out of it; if you know
 pa> what you're getting into/buying, this is a bad little machine.

It's not bad.  The Pine is more powerful than the Raspberry PI (but I haven't
compared it to the Pi4 yet).  I know that, as a laptop, a Pi-based system just
won't cut it for many uses.

I have a RasPad 1, which is Pi3 based, and it works for some things (learning
Python and GPIO access, for example), but it doesn't work as a general
purpose laptop.

Even when I tried replacing my low use system in the Man Cave with a Pi4, it
just couldn't do YouTube very well. Keep in mind that was an early Pi4, so 
that issue may be fixed. When I get my CrowPi2 in the next month or so, I'll
retest.


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