ray carter wrote on 12/18/2017 4:38 PM:
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 11:52:11 -0500, 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.
>>
>> http://www.microcenter.com/product/460699/Galaxy_Tab_E_Lite_7_-_White
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>
> The main reason for the existence of the PI series was to encourage
> students to learn programming and physical computing - not to make a
> cheap desktop.

Not sure what your point is.  You think the self contained package of touch
screen and processor makes the phone a "desktop" while the rPi connected to
a keyboard and a monitor is something else?

I'm looking to use this for embedded control where the device will need a
GUI as well as controlling dedicated hardware.  Besides, what relevance is
it what the original designers intended for the rPi?  Do you really think
most of the Linux based rPis *aren't* being used as cheap desktops???

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Rick C

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