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Huge amount of software compared to?

• shadowgovt 2y ago
  Mostly other options with no fans, dust, or moving parts. The fact that you can run a Linux on it means you can tap into a big ecosystem of existing software. Nice to have.
• dingnuts 2y ago
  good question -- methinks the GP didn't read the article. the rpi does have a ton of software compared to other SBCs, but the article is about fking x86 machines. With power consumption so low on some of these, I feel like they defeat most of the benefit of ARM and you get way more native software on x86
• TillE 2y ago
  If you're doing stuff with the GPIO, I'm sure there's far more software written for the Raspberry Pi than anything else. If you're just using it like a normal computer, then it's not special.
  • michaelt 2y ago
    There is more and better GPIO support for Arduino, ESP32 and STM32 than anything Linux based.