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Well, Apple, Windows, and various GNU/Linux distros (as they can also run Chrome and Firefox, i.e. two of the most popular apps, plug in a mouse and keyboard, d

Well, Apple, Windows, and various GNU/Linux distros (as they can also run Chrome and Firefox, i.e. two of the most popular apps, plug in a mouse and keyboard, do 99% of the "computer stuff," so they're fine). Chromebook is probably on the fence since you really have to beat it with a hammer to run Excel on it (depending on how you turn your head and squint, that's maybe true for Linux also, but you can get Excel running on there if you really shoulder into getting your compatibility layers working). ... but nobody considers the Arduino a "computer" in the same sense they consider a Raspberry Pi a "computer" because it can't run general-purpose apps.

nix23 4y ago
Yeah let's stop here, you say people think Linux can run "general-purpose apps" but a raspi cant. Just stop try to prove your right...by moving the goalposts. Arduino is a Micro-controller, Raspberrypi is a SBC -> Single board computer. >>and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino >>Raspberry Pi (/paɪ/) is a series of small single-board computers (SBCs) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi And no, don't start with your "but normal people blabla"...because "normal" people go to wikipedia to learn something ;)
- shadowgovt 4y ago
  No, a RasPi is a GNU/Linux platform and can run general-purpose apps. You misunderstood my comparison; RasPi is a computer. I'm saying nobody considers an Arduino a "computer" in the same category as a Raspberry Pi is a computer (and similarly, nobody should consider Kristall a web browser, though it is something else, which is cool).
  - nix23 4y ago
    > a raspi is a GNU/Linux platform I run BSD/BSD on it and it's not a platform but a Computer. >nobody considers an Arduino a "computer" True, because it's a f*** Microcontroller understood?
    - shadowgovt 4y ago
      Yes, we're saying the same thing. And by analogy, Kristall is a "microbrowser" and I think HN had a bad reaction to it because the top-level description was "a browser." It's the Arduino of browsers. That doesn't make it bad, but this site is full of pedants and when you call a tool by a slightly-different name, you get "um-actually'd" to death. (Sometimes, you even get someone swearing at you because they think you don't know the difference between a general-purpose small computer and a microcontroller ;) ).

nix23 4y ago

Yeah let's stop here, you say people think Linux can run "general-purpose apps" but a raspi cant. Just stop try to prove your right...by moving the goalposts. Arduino is a Micro-controller, Raspberrypi is a SBC -> Single board computer. >>and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino >>Raspberry Pi (/paɪ/) is a series of small single-board computers (SBCs) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi And no, don't start with your "but normal people blabla"...because "normal" people go to wikipedia to learn something ;)

shadowgovt 4y ago
No, a RasPi is a GNU/Linux platform and can run general-purpose apps. You misunderstood my comparison; RasPi is a computer. I'm saying nobody considers an Arduino a "computer" in the same category as a Raspberry Pi is a computer (and similarly, nobody should consider Kristall a web browser, though it is something else, which is cool).
- nix23 4y ago
  > a raspi is a GNU/Linux platform I run BSD/BSD on it and it's not a platform but a Computer. >nobody considers an Arduino a "computer" True, because it's a f*** Microcontroller understood?
  - shadowgovt 4y ago
    Yes, we're saying the same thing. And by analogy, Kristall is a "microbrowser" and I think HN had a bad reaction to it because the top-level description was "a browser." It's the Arduino of browsers. That doesn't make it bad, but this site is full of pedants and when you call a tool by a slightly-different name, you get "um-actually'd" to death. (Sometimes, you even get someone swearing at you because they think you don't know the difference between a general-purpose small computer and a microcontroller ;) ).