On Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:18:00 +1200, Henri Derksen wrote:

> DL> Command lines don't need a mouse...
>
> When started in the desktop,
> you mostly have to open/start a commandline window first ;-).

I only run Raspbian "Lite" on my Raspberries so don't use the
desktop. But even so I find it hard to believe that you can't open a
comandline window purely using the keyboard,

> The low price of the Pi Zero flows away, because of the costs of all the
> conversion cables to connect it to the outside world,
> i.e. micro HDMI to HDMI, micro USB2 to/from normal USB2A, USB2-RJ45
> dongle etc.

What on earth do you want all that for? All you need is an ENC20J60
10BaseT ethernet board (approx GBP5.00) a PSU and a handful of jumper
wires.

> And then you still have less memory and less speed compaired to a Pi 3B.

True but a zero is 1/10th (ish) the cost

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Cheers
Dave.

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