On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Quoting Walter Bender (2016-06-22 16:33:15) > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Sean DALY <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Sebastian Silva > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I wouldn't dismiss the Raspberry Pi 3 or similar single board > >>> computer > >> > >> Around the time RPi hit the million unit mark I floated the idea of a > >> Sugar-branded enclosure for it, distributed through the RPi partner > >> network. > > > > The problem at the time was that the Sugar experience on RPi was > > pretty terrible. I suspect it is pretty decent on the newer models. Do > > we know? > > Performance of RPi3 is decent. > > It comes as a board, so addition of screen and keyboard, with the > distribution and support burden that inolves, should be accounted for. > > The price of RPi is comparable to boards based on Allwinner A20 SoC, > where a notable difference is that A20 boards can run Debian, whereas > RPi requires a non-free blob to even boot¹. > > You may not consider Debian and the definition of Software freedoms that > it represents crucial for your promotion of Sugar - I just mention as a > data point. > I had not realized about the non-free blob for RPi. No reason to go down that path if there are free alternatives. Thanks for the heads up. > > > - Jonas > > > ¹ Yes, Debian + some non-free parts work, but that is not Debian. > > -- > * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt > * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ > > [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
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