• floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I remember when the Raspberry Pi was the amazing $15 computer. Times have changed.

    • ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Amazing for what exactly? I remember them being unreliable, slow af and not really good for much other than collecting dust.

      I mean sure the idea was cool, in principle, but they needed a serious upgrade in specs. Now they got it and everyone bitches bc it comes at a price?

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        1 year ago
        • Kiosks – my makerspace uses one for guest signin
        • Pihole – make your life less ad-infested without browser plugins
        • Octoprint – run your 3d printers
        • Home voice assistant without relying on a big company of any kind, or sending them sounds of you having sex

        The first models were rough on reliability, but they got a lot better around Model 2B and onward. SD cards with A1 or A2 rating help a lot.

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          I don’t need any of those things tho. Mostly what I need is decent IO throughput which was unnecessarily constrained on earlier pis by poor design choices. The pi4 is the first to really shine in that regard.

          I have a pi2 and I used it as a libreelec media center, and it was Ok in that capacity, but it’s far too slow to transfer larger files regardless of how you do it (all relies on a slow usb interface).