<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 11:03 AM, Jeff <a href="http://mac.com">mac.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jcannell@mac.com" target="_blank">jcannell@mac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I was looking at it yesterday. I find it hard to believe the case can't<br>
open. It only comes with an 8gig sd card, what if you want to upgrade to<br>
a larger capacity card?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Apparently it can open, it just takes a little work. But I just ended up returning it and bought each component individually (RPi, case, power cord, microSD card).<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
When you are playing around with a Pi3b, I don't think a case is really<br>
necessary... If you need one get a cheap one.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I did. I didn't want to just have it out in the open.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
The new pixel OS is probably your best bet for an OS. Puppy Linux should<br>
be good as well. I'd take it back within the 30 days and just get a pi3b<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I downloaded a Raspbian image and used dd to put it on my microSD card. Pixel is just a desktop environment like Gnome or KDE and not an OS, isn't it? Because that's what my desktop looks like.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
If you want to go really old school you could emulate an Amiga or<br>
AppleII (yes I know this is a linux group)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I might try that.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
things you probably have or can get from a friend that you need for your<br>
pi:<br>
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-powered micro-USB cord- (I'm using a re-purposed blackberry charger)<br>
either you or someone has got to use this<br>
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-old keyboard to plug into usb port<br>
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-hdmi cable- these suckers cost way to much- maybe cheaper online<br>
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-old school mouse or touchpad.<br>
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-any display with hdmi port or use a converter for something you already<br>
have.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I have all of this stuff, I just used the HDMI cable from my cable box to plug into my TV. Once all the necessary settings were in place, I disconnected everything but the power and the network cable and only connect to it through SSH and VNC. It's currently running an SSH server over the internet so I can get to my home network from anywhere.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
-If you buy all the crap new you might as why get an old laptop.<br>
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-I just attached my pi to the side of a monitor.<br>
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Dunno, just my .02<br>
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Now back to trying to configure UBUNTU on my new HP Pavillion.<br>
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Good Luck!<br>
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Jeff Cannell<br>
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On 01/21/2017 09:48 PM, Bill Baker wrote:<br>
> I bought a PowerSpec Raspberry Pi ThinLinX tonight from Micro Center. I<br>
> was attracted by the fact that it was $50 for everything I wanted (or so<br>
> I thought) down from its normal price of $80. I got it home and tried<br>
> to boot it up. After booting, I realized that it was just a thin<br>
> client. I want a full operating system on it. I tried opening it up to<br>
> get the MicroSD card out, but I can't seem to do that without breaking<br>
> it. Is there any way that anyone knows of to just load Raspbian on<br>
> this? Or should I just take it back to Micro Center and get myself a<br>
> normal Raspberry Pi?<br>
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