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> I'd also like to ask about single-board computers that can run some version of Windows. I'm quite a fan of the Raspberry Pi I believe the Raspberry Pi 2 and
by shakna 7y ago
> I'd also like to ask about single-board computers that can run some version of Windows. I'm quite a fan of the Raspberry Pi
I believe the Raspberry Pi 2 and later all support "Windows 10 IoT" now [0][1], but if memory serves IoT has a lot of limitations.
It might be simpler to have a minimal distro that boots directly into something like QEMU, that should let you run Windows XP on the Pi.
[0] https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/windows-10-for-iot/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/windows-10-for-iot/
[1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot-core/tutorials/rpi https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot-core/tutorials/...
- peterburkimsher 7y agoYes, Win10 IoT Core has a lot of limitations. It's fine for developers who are familiar with C# development in Visual Studio and want to use their same development tools for an IoT device, but it's not a desktop OS. Emulators are fine if the I/O works. Getting full resolution HDMI out of an emulated OS with any fps, or even just getting USB devices to mount is a hassle.
- shakna 7y ago> Getting full resolution HDMI out of an emulated OS with any fps, or even just getting USB devices to mount is a hassle. QEMU has easy GPU passthrough, so that shouldn't be a hassle. And whilst the USB options are slightly more intimidating, you can passthrough that as well.
- zyx321 7y agoThere are unofficial projects that combine the drivers from IoT with the "full" ARM32 version of Win10. I tried it and it did boot, but on a pi 3B it was too slow to be usable. I'd want at least a pi 4B 2GB before trying again...