Windows 10 IoT Core Support for Raspberry Pi 3

Re:Windows 10 IoT Core Support for Raspberry Pi 3 by tonyedgecombe on Monday February 29, 2016 @01:00PM (#11196943)

If kids start playing with Windows early on then they may grow up with a more positive view of MS.

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Re:Windows 10 IoT Core Support for Raspberry Pi 3 by CalRobert on Monday February 29, 2016 @01:05PM (#11196971)

To be fair, this is exactly why I got my 14 year old cousin on Ubuntu two weeks ago. So far he loves it.

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Re:Windows 10 IoT Core Support for Raspberry Pi 3 by Cartwright2 on Monday February 29, 2016 @03:44PM (#11198327)

Why filter your cousin's world view when you could show him all available options and let him make an informed decision himself?

Microsoft isn't so "bad" any more with their shift towards open source.

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Re:Windows 10 IoT Core Support for Raspberry Pi 3 by CalRobert on Monday February 29, 2016 @06:08PM (#11199457)

Allow me to clarify

Cousin: "Ugggggg my laptop is garbage since I put on Windows 10 and it's so slooooooow, can you fix it? I can't even play Minecraft!!!!"

Me: "Umm, I haven't actually used Windows in about 5 or 6 years and have no idea what's wrong - I also don't feel like spending my limited time visiting family messing around with your laptop. Here's a USB drive with Ubuntu, give it a shot"

Cousin (next day): "DUDE that's amazing it's so fast! I had to figure out UEFI stuff but I installed Ubuntu and Minecraft is faster than it's ever been before! I have a great dual boot setup going!"

Anyway, I don't feel too bad about it.

Incidentally, UEFI is one of the many reasons MS puts me off.

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Re:Windows 10 IoT Core Support for Raspberry Pi 3 by chungy on Monday February 29, 2016 @01:56PM (#11197321)

It's funny in a way, it'll end up creating an opposite kind of taste for Windows compared to the desktop version.

"All the programs and cool stuff are on Linux. Nothing supports Windows, lmao"

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