The Raspberry Pi is not for people who just want to use it to consume
someone else's creations. For example by using Netflix, Spottify, or
any other of those criminal wastes of time.
And the Raspberry Pi is sadly often just stuck on the back of a
television or connected to some speakers and used as a media device.
If you're going to do that, you might as well just use a cheap laptop or
chromebook.
The Raspberry Pi is for people who are naturally curious and capable of
self-learning.
Auto-didacts like me.
The world of Linux and Open Source is an almost infinitely deep box of
tinker toys. And they are not really toys.
If anybody just wants to watch mind-numbing media created by somebody
else and is not capable of creating something for themselves and feeling
the delight of learning something new every day, sell you Pi, or just
don't waste your money in the first place.
Now with the four gigabyte Raspberry Pi 4, it is a serious competitor
tw-end hardware such as modest laptops and netbooks.
And will no longer run like a snail if you have more than one tab open
if Firefox or try to use Libre Office.
And MS Word is not plain text.
Try nano or emacs. Now that IS plain text.
On 28/06/2019 04:11, Mike Anthony wrote:
Well, at first I could not understand why you would want to write everything
in plain text. But then I realized if you try to take away Word from me I
will kick and scream lol just like I did when I did not want to give up Word
Perfect. And I must say that I am really learning about the Raspberry PI
and realizing that there is so much you can do with it. Perhaps I will
write everything in plain text in the future.
I just can not think of any other way to quickly che¢k my bank account, scan
money, identify colors, get help with people over video calls, surf the web
on the go, ask Siri to spell words, and watch Netflix on the road; without
the use of an iPhone. The way I see it is that it's just a tool like
anything else. You use it when you need it and leave it alone when you
don't. Android can do the same things but their screen reader and touch
screen response is a little slow for me as a totally blind person. Perhaps
when they improve I will switch over. But for now I will take advantage of
the available tools. I admit they are not for everyone.
If you had told me 5 years ago I would be diving into Linux then I would
probably laugh in disbelief. But now that I am learning Python and coding I
see how Linux can be better than windows in so many ways. Man I hate those
windows updates. leave me alone and let me update when I am ready.
Sincerely,
Mike Villafane
Sent From My iPhone
On Jun 26, 2019, at 9:00 AM, Mewtamer <mewtamer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:===========================================================
Yeah, no nostalgia for any iteration of magnetic tape here. Still
think it cool what 2XL did with using different tracks for creating
interactive audio programs, but you could do far more sophisticated
things in that vein with a little programming and digital audio
files(at the very least, you could have more than 4 parallel program
paths, all the digital audio could be stereo or even surround, and you
wouldn't have to adjust content to make all paths equal length.
As for the web, for the most part, I'll take the modern web over the
web of the late 90s. Sure, there are plenty of web designers who could
do with a reminder that not everyone is glued to a touchscreen or
mouse and that not everything has to be done with JavaScript and I
don't care for modern social media, but I think the last 20 years has
seen more good than bad in the evolution of the Internet.
I will admit that I do pretty much all of my document editing in nano,
save everything in plain text, and think the only thing word
processors are good for is making pretty hardcopies, but hey, part of
what I like about Linux is it gives one the freedom to be as modern or
retro in one's choice of applications instead of trying to make
everyone conform to the latest trends.
I won't be trying an iPhone anytime soon(setting aside that I've
always disliked Apple's Walled Garden, our way or the high way
mentality, the person in my household who actually knows there way
around smartphones is an Android loyalist, and I have no interest in
Braille. Do wish there where more devices with built-in keyboards or
at least a USB-A port so I didn't need an adaptor to hook up
non-bluetooth keyboards. More devices without built-in screens would
be nice too.
That's what I like about the Raspberry Pi, it's like the only
pocket-sized general purpose computer on the mainstream market that
doesn't sacrifice wired connectivity to shrink an already tiny form
factor and doesn't force one to waste money on a screen if they don't
need one. It's not quite an anti-tablet, but it's probably closer to
my ideal portable device than anything else on the mainstream market.
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