Re:Ask HN: How many people do you know that use Linux and do...
by oblib on Thursday January 10, 2019 @12:07PM
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I know a lot of people that use Raspberry Pi computers for home projects.
I've made a version of their Raspbian OS just for my older, not very techie, friends to replace their old Mac/Windows PCs when they die.
There isn't an affordable new Mac now and I've spent less than 10 hours on a Windows box in the past 20 years so I can't help them when they die, but I can set them up with a brand new Pi for around $100 (+ or - a few bucks) and they all love them. All they want to do is surf the web, FB, email, and YouTube.
The latest versions of Raspbian have incorporated so many of the mods I worked on over the years that now I really don't have to do anything much more than hide what they'll never use.
Aside from those, I don't know anyone off hand I can think of.
I've made a version of their Raspbian OS just for my older, not very techie, friends to replace their old Mac/Windows PCs when they die.
There isn't an affordable new Mac now and I've spent less than 10 hours on a Windows box in the past 20 years so I can't help them when they die, but I can set them up with a brand new Pi for around $100 (+ or - a few bucks) and they all love them. All they want to do is surf the web, FB, email, and YouTube.
The latest versions of Raspbian have incorporated so many of the mods I worked on over the years that now I really don't have to do anything much more than hide what they'll never use.
Aside from those, I don't know anyone off hand I can think of.