From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from b-painless.mh.aa.net.uk ([81.187.30.52]) by ewsd; Fri Sep 14 09:40:05 EDT 2018 Received: from 132.198.187.81.in-addr.arpa ([81.187.198.132] helo=quintile.net) by b-painless.mh.aa.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1g0oJy-0006Yb-1F for 9front@9front.org; Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:39:42 +0100 Received: from [192.168.35.128] ([89.105.113.162]) by quintile.net; Fri Sep 14 14:39:40 BST 2018 From: Steve Simon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:39:29 +0100 Subject: Re: [9front] bounty for 9pi update for 9front Message-Id: <16562DBA-CB0E-4262-996D-53CD54280CA7@quintile.net> References: <73056CCE-BB9C-46D6-B826-3659B3AE1494@yahoo.ca> <1536928161.991441.1508034536.1B666595@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <1536928161.991441.1508034536.1B666595@webmail.messagingengine.com> To: 9front@9front.org X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (15G77) List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: advanced asynchronous polling SSL over HTML standard out-scaling interface good grief. i use a pi as my desktop and have done so for 3 years - first a 2 and now a p= i3. i use richard=E2=80=99s plan9 package and has been solid (modulo my own m= istakes). the only time it has an issue is the noticeable lack of performance when rem= ote desktop-ing to a windows box to get a modern browser. even this works w= ell but scrolling windows is laggy. this may be the lack of graphics acceleration (fixable) or the =E2=80=9Cethe= rnet over usb=E2=80=9D on the pi (which i am stuck with); i have not investi= gated. there is most probably better hardware available these days, but the pi work= s, is reliable and cheap. -Steve > On 14 Sep 2018, at 1:29 pm, Ethan Gardener wrote: > I had a bad impression of the Raspberry Pi from the beginning. I sort-of a= ssumed Pi 2 & 3 were better due to sheer mass of peer pressure, but, well, t= hanks for stating the facts before I bought one. I just can't understand th= e demented hurricane of enthusiasm generated by these garbage fire computers= ! >=20 > You know what? When I publish my own OS (ha ha), I'll put a filter into t= he mailing list (when I get around to it), catching all messages mentioning R= aspberry Pi or RPi to insert something like, "WARNING! This email mentions= Raspberry Pi! It may be trying to suck us into the demented maelstrom of e= nthusiasm generated by these garbage fire computers. Exercise caution and c= ritical thinking. Remember the principles of rational development." XD >=20 > In a different humour, would it make sense to bit-bang ps/2 interfaces wit= h the RPi's GPIO pins? Or other serial interfaces.