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"x86 Windows software ecosystem" That's the whole point of the RaspberryPi. The current UK IT curriculum: Boot up Windows XP/Vista/7 (or whatever the school
by excuse-me 15y ago
"x86 Windows software ecosystem"
That's the whole point of the RaspberryPi.
The current UK IT curriculum:
Boot up Windows XP/Vista/7 (or whatever the school kept up with)
Login as restricted user, wait for virus scan to finish
Type some text into MS-Office
Don't change any of the settings because that might affect another user and we would have to get an outside IT contractor in to fix the 'problem'
The whole point of RPi is to have a turn it on and it's ready, one machine per student, system with an OS image that can be reflashed by the student in minutes if they do too much damage. Just like a 1980s 8bit micro
- drzaiusapelord 15y agoIs this really a problem? Schools have long solved this problem with imaging software like deepfreeze or steadystate. Not to mention, they might not be too fond of emacs or or write a term paper on gedit. You can piss on Word all you like, but it gets used for a reason. Its weird to see the rpi shoehorned into some poor-mans deepfreeze solution. Its really a hobbyists platform like the beagleboard. Its going to go into some cool embedded projects and power some cool toys. Its not another desktop PC. We're well served in that are.