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I think the appeal of the RPi has to do with the amount of online tutorials that beginners can understand, and the experience of assembling something from piece

I think the appeal of the RPi has to do with the amount of online tutorials that beginners can understand, and the experience of assembling something from pieces.

unsigner 1y ago
I agree with the experience of assembling something from pieces is valuable. But if you don't want that, there's no need for "online tutorials for beginners" and that shouldn't be counted as an additional appeal. It's just Windows.
hypercube33 1y ago
Also, rasbian is super solid to those tutorials I have found - they don't seem to pull repositories every version so you can still install things easily.
poulpy123 1y ago
There are even more tutorial for mini-pc since they are using a x64 architecture.
- geerlingguy 1y ago
  Not for a lot of use cases, like how to get 4G/5G cellular connectivity, how to monitor something using an embedded/tiny camera and a small machine learning model, or how to build a little HMI device using a 4" touchscreen... For basic homelab use cases, almost any computer is fine, but for IoT-style stuff especially, a Pi-focused will have a lot more hits, and the tutorials won't apply to any of the mini PCs.
kccqzy 1y ago
At least half of the "how to do X on a raspberry pi" beginner tutorials don't actually use any RPi specific features like GPIO and apply equally well to Linux desktops.
ChrisRR 1y ago
The problem with a lot of pi stuff is that a lot of it is just so out of date, especially as the community just didn't fully transition to the RPI5 So for running things on an N100 it works in the same way as any other PC
bogwog 1y ago
> the experience of assembling something from pieces. What pieces? RPis are single board computers, no assembly required. If Intel NUCs were sold without a case/shell, they'd probably be able to appeal more to the same hobby market RPi dominates (although the RPi does still look more aesthetically pleasing)

I think the appeal of the RPi has to do with the amount of online tutorials that beginners can understand, and the experience of assembling something from pieces.

unsigner 1y ago

I agree with the experience of assembling something from pieces is valuable. But if you don't want that, there's no need for "online tutorials for beginners" and that shouldn't be counted as an additional appeal. It's just Windows.

hypercube33 1y ago

Also, rasbian is super solid to those tutorials I have found - they don't seem to pull repositories every version so you can still install things easily.

poulpy123 1y ago

There are even more tutorial for mini-pc since they are using a x64 architecture.

geerlingguy 1y ago
Not for a lot of use cases, like how to get 4G/5G cellular connectivity, how to monitor something using an embedded/tiny camera and a small machine learning model, or how to build a little HMI device using a 4" touchscreen... For basic homelab use cases, almost any computer is fine, but for IoT-style stuff especially, a Pi-focused will have a lot more hits, and the tutorials won't apply to any of the mini PCs.

kccqzy 1y ago

At least half of the "how to do X on a raspberry pi" beginner tutorials don't actually use any RPi specific features like GPIO and apply equally well to Linux desktops.

ChrisRR 1y ago

The problem with a lot of pi stuff is that a lot of it is just so out of date, especially as the community just didn't fully transition to the RPI5 So for running things on an N100 it works in the same way as any other PC

bogwog 1y ago

> the experience of assembling something from pieces. What pieces? RPis are single board computers, no assembly required. If Intel NUCs were sold without a case/shell, they'd probably be able to appeal more to the same hobby market RPi dominates (although the RPi does still look more aesthetically pleasing)