• NixDev@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    So far it seems faster than my pi3. The extra RAM really helps. It is missing the camera ribbon cable connection but I got an Arduino USB cam instead. I am just using it as a 3d printer controller running fluidd, so not really pushing the limits on the board.

    The only issue is with their boot loader/BIOS. You can’t power off the board unless you run shutdown -H now. Otherwise it will just reboot. Since this is an always on device I am not too worried about that. It was just a bit of troubleshooting for my automated shutdown scripts.

    Not upset with my purchase and might get another one for tinkering

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      1 year ago

      You can’t power off the board unless you run shutdown -H now

      Honest question - how else would you shut it down? That’s the only way I know of…

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        1 year ago

        I normally use sudo poweroff I think it is an alias on most systems. I found it way back and just got used to using it

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        1 year ago

        Oh thanks. I guess I’ll try one too to see if a raspberry pi is even worth buying at the retail price.

        Edit: Sorry scubbo, didn’t mean to reply to you.

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          A few years ago I think they were worth it, but now there are so many options they aren’t worth the mark up. Most of the clones work extremely well and have almost all the same features. The ribbon cable connections are the only thing missing that I have found