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echo: rberrypi
to: RAY CARTER
from: MIKE POWELL
date: 2017-12-19 18:20:00
subject: Re: Using a Phone Like a

> You did not make your intended uses clear. Yes, I really think most Linux
> based PIs are not being used as cheap desktops. They are rather limited
> to fulfill that function - and none of my four (soon to be six) are used
> that way. Basically, I use them for an electronics tinkering base and IOT
> development platform.

I shall have to admit, I did buy mine thinking I might be able to make a
desktop out of it... not so much a "cheap" one as much as a more
power-efficient and smaller one.

I have not played with it in a while, though... it was not very responsive,
especially when attempting to surf the web or load any GUI program.

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