Re: Remember when setting up a Windows PC didnt feel

On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 07:47:20 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:

On 2026-01-04 00:50, rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 16:26:09 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:
 

We're not yet seeing the benefits on the PC side, but once Linux fully
supports them (I'm not sure if they do yet), it will definitely be the
architecture to go for. Absolutely no one wants to get no more than
six hours of battery life from their laptop anymore.

 
The Raspberry Pi OS is derived from Debian. Considering the limitations
of the Pi 5 it usable.  Other distros can run on the Pi too but I took
the easy way out. The Raspberry Pi Imager has been expanded to include
Ubunto,
Alpine, and the Fedora based Ultramarine.

 
I'm not too familiar with the Raspberry Pi devices but I imagine that
they use an ARM processor. Is that correct?

Yes. The RPi 5 uses the Broadcom BCM2712 quad-core Arm Cortex A76
processor at 2.4 GHz.  The previous RPi 4 used a Broadcom Cortex A72 at
1.8 GHz. Same form factor but the 5 needs a heftier power supply and a
cooler if you expert to drive it hard without throttling.

https://raspberrytips.com/raspberry-pi-5-review/

It's a fair review from a Windows-centric user. Right noe the CanaKit I
have is $170 on Amazon. That includes the Pi, a case, heatsink/fan, power
supply, and cables. For $150 you can get a low end AWOW mini PC with a
N150 processor, a PCIe SSD. I'm not familiar with the brand but there are
a lot of entries in the mini field.  If you want a small, cheap computer,
don't care about ARM, and don't even know what GPIO means, there is no
competition at all.

The Pi does answer the question of Linux running on ARM. Something like
the HP EliteBook G1q would be a much better test but I don't need another
laptop, let alone a $1000 one.