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echo: rberrypi
to: RICKMAN
from: ROGER BELL_WEST
date: 2017-12-18 16:59:00
subject: Re: Using a Phone Like a

On 2017-12-18, rickman wrote:
>This is much cheaper than buying a pi along with a display, touch screen,
>battery, power supply, etc.  MUCH cheaper.  Can it be unlocked to install
>whatever OS you want?  While I'm sure it could run various versions of
>Linux, it likely won't run Raspbian I assume.

It's very unlikely to have any modern OS ported to it, so you won't be
able to secure it. That's fine if you're in a very local network with
no possibility of external access by bad actors (humans or robots).

R

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