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Technologist David Bombal has a one-hour interview with Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton. The interview covers a range of topics, starting with the big questions about unit availability and when more stock will be available.
00:00 - Intro: Tough Environment
00:07 - Intro: Eben Upton hacked the network as a kid
00:40 - Raspberry Pi shortage (stock availability)
07:22 - People say that you're not looking after hobbyists!
10:12 - Raspberry Pi OS is backwards compatible
12:37 - The pain affecting all of us
16:33 - The origin of the Raspberry Pi // How it started
23:16 - Eben hacked the school network // Creating an environment for young hackers
32:05 - Changing the Cambridge and the World
35:00 - African growth and plans
40:03 - General purpose Computer vs iPhone vs Chromebook
43:28 - Possible IPO and Raspberry Pi Foundation
44:50 - The Raspberry Pi RP2040
48:33 - How is Raspberry Pi funded?
49:10 - How is the next product decided?
50:22 - Raspberry Pi Foundation sticking to its roots
51:17 - Advice for the youth or anyone new
56:01 - Changing roles // From tech to business
57:08 - Do you need to go to university? // Do you need degrees?
01:00:05 - Learning from experiences
01:01:44 - Creating opportunities
01:05:05 - Conclusion
No transcript is available and Eben does speak very quickly. Also published on YouTube if you do not have the obligatory LBRY account to block the algorithmic "recommendations".
Previously:
(2023) You Can Build This Raspberry Pi-Powered, 4G Linux Phone
(2023) Raspberry Pi Just Launched a Handy New $12 Tool. Here's What It Can Do
(2023) Raspberry Pi Powered Compute Blade Makes the Cut
(2023) Raspberry Pi Produced 10 Million RP2040s in 2021, More Pi Stores Likely
(2022) Raspberry Pi 5 Not Arriving in 2023 as Company Hopes for a "Recovery Year"
(2022) Raspberry Pi Adds 100,000 Units to Supply Chain, Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2023
... and many more.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday May 17, @04:53PM (3 children)
There is a higher level market for pi replacements above the $50 boards, I have a couple beelink "$175" mini-PCs. About twice the size of a Pi, 8 G ram, quarter TB flash (don't have to buy a SD card) HDMI and wifi work on Ubuntu out of the box, 2 GHz Intel processor, runs on 12 volts at a couple amps (far less than one most of the time, but it's "peaky" up to 3 A occasionally)
Beelink sells about a zillion different models the one's I bought last winter are I'm sure obsolete with better specs available now.
I mean, yeah, I could spend more money and have a larger pain in the ass by trying to set up a 3 host K8S cluster (using RKE2 for whatever that matters) AND have all the PITA of ARM software instead of intel OS installation, but why bother if the mini-PCs with small SSDs and in a case sell with power supply for $75 less than a Pi4 without storage and without case and without power supply?
Now when you could get Pi for $25 that would be worth some PITA to set it up, but when the intel based competitor has higher performance and sells for cheaper...
Pi's just kind of dead in the market. If it takes "real software" spend less money on a mini-PC. If it is a glorified "blink a LED using an arduino" then get a $5 ESP32 dev board and install circuitpython or micropython (choose your poison, LOL) on it.
(Score: 2) by canopic jug on Wednesday May 17, @05:12PM (1 child)
Beelink sells about a zillion different models the one's I bought last winter are I'm sure obsolete with better specs available now.
The Raspberry Pi OS supports even the oldest models. That's something which can't be easy to hammer out every time the upstream distro, Debian, gets a kernel or other upgrade. However, it is both beneficial to end users and important strategically for the project that they spend the resources to keep it that way.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 17, @06:54PM
x86 and Intel/AMD integrated graphics are better supported by Linux than any weird ARM device, RPi included.
(Score: 2) by GloomMower on Wednesday May 17, @06:41PM
Depends on the use case, big difference in size and power usage, heat dissipation, compared to the Pi Zero W2.
But thanks for sharing, the beelink's look pretty cool for certain use-cases.