Subj : Re: Raspberry Pi in commercial products
To   : Nightfox
From : claw
Date : Mon Dec 11 2023 07:47 am

On 10 Dec 2023, Nightfox said the following...
 Ni> Raspberry Pi with a case/enclosure, with Linux on it, would be perfectly
 Ni> suitable and would be much cheaper than buying a standard laptop/desktop
 Ni> with a commercial OS.  I know this wouldn't be true for all cases, but
 Ni> for many cases, I think it could save significant money.  And if
 Ni> software is needed, there are good software development tools for
 Ni> creating software for Linux.
 Ni> 
 Ni> Nightfox

I feel this is mostly true.  I haven't used the the 5 yet but video playback online had been a bit of an issue.  Youtube really bogs down and most streaming services do as well.  Now if you put a dedicated system in like kody then it seems to work better.  

I know the drivers for the video have been in beta for many years and they make minor improvements over time if you flash the eprom but most regular users will never do that.

Other than this I fully agree this could be a solution.

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