Re: [Trisquel-users] Does the raspberry pi and its accessories meet free software/hardware standards?

[duncan]

From an educational point of view, the Raspberry Pi does electronics well,  
and is low cost and low power, which lends it well to those applications.  
Another option for electronics is the Arduino, although it is possible that  
using the Raspberry Pi is easier to use and it is a general purpose computer  
(albeit flawed).
You could also ask the school if they have any old computers that are left  
unused in store cupboards, for example, or you could ask people at  
neighbouring schools if they have any, especially the larger schools. It  
probably would not be difficult to get a computer that is 10 years old or  
perhaps newer (along with the keyboard, mouse, and monitor) which would  
probably run Trisquel (at least the Mini version) well enough for programming  
tasks, web browsing and word processing, perhaps better than the Raspberry Pi  
in some ways due to the fact that the hardware would not overheat as easily.
Finally, if the school computers are powerful enough, you could install  
something like VirtualBox to demonstrate Trisquel to the school, as well as  
to the kids.