I was never a C64 hacker, my first computer was an Atari ST. It sparked my interest and lead me towards buying a 486 some years later. I open with that because

I was never a C64 hacker, my first computer was an Atari ST. It sparked my interest and lead me towards buying a 486 some years later. I open with that because I could very well be wrong...... But surely at the time the C64 had a "weird architecture" and some proprietary blobs? I do think that loading desktop linux onto an R-Pi results in a different kind of experience to a kid firing up a C64 and finding themselves at a basic prompt. However, it's pretty easy set up an R-Pi so that you're greeted by something similar..... Note: I've got 2 original R-Pi's and my R-Pi 2 arrived today. I also have a 1 year old girl who I hope to one day get excited about the kinds of things that these wonderful devices enable me to do play with.