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Tinker Board S SBC used as my only computer for a whole week! This video demonstrates how the Asus Tinker Board S can reliably run a wide range of local and web apps. And I also fit a larger heatsink and do some cooling tests.

Ubuntu Studio combines the Ubuntu Linux operating system with a wide range of free creative applications. In this video I install the software and demonstrate the Audacity audio editor, Yoshimi synthesizer, Hydroden drum sequencer, GIMP photo editor, Inkspace vector graphics package, Krita and MyPaint digital painting programs, Scribus DTP package, Blender 3D modeller, and the Kdenlive, OpenShot and Pitivi video editors.

Python 3 programming tutorial, including installation in Windows; use of the integrated development environment (IDLE); defining, inputting and formatting string and numeric variables; creating IF statements and while loops; and importing libraries.

Infrasonic wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crsp_He70no&t=606s

Python 3 programming tutorial, including installation in Windows; use of the integrated development environment (IDLE); defining, inputting and formatting string and numeric variables; creating IF statements and while loops; and importing libraries.

Infrasonic wrote:Any opinions on better solutions are welcome, I'll freely admit I'm at the very beginner stage when it come to command line/programming languages, but I want to get comfortable with IoT so it's a necessary evil for me.

Infrasonic wrote:Any opinions on better solutions are welcome, I'll freely admit I'm at the very beginner stage when it come to command line/programming languages, but I want to get comfortable with IoT so it's a necessary evil for me.

ReformedCharacter wrote:

Infrasonic wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crsp_He70no&t=606s

Python 3 programming tutorial, including installation in Windows; use of the integrated development environment (IDLE); defining, inputting and formatting string and numeric variables; creating IF statements and while loops; and importing libraries.

Python is good but (maybe it's just me) IDLE is ghastly.

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XFool wrote:My preference would be BSD Unix, so Free BSD? (Compatible with Free Pascal Compiler). But then I discovered there is OpenBSD, which sounds intellectually appealing. But how compatible and easy is it for a beginner? Then there are all the different GUIs...

kiloran wrote:I really like Python but I agree IDLE is not so good. I guess it's just one step up from command line so it's basic but limited.

I normally use Eclipse IDE with PyDev plug-in for code development and debugging and I'm very happy with that. I've occasionally used JetBrains Pycharm IDE and it's not bad, though I prefer Eclipse. Both Eclipse and PyCharm are free, of course.

I've heard that Visual Studio with Python extension is good, maybe I'll get around to looking at it one day

--kiloran

IDLE is ghastly.

...Python has tightened its grip on the No. 1 spot. Last year it came out on top by just barely beating out C, with Python’s score of 100 to C’s 99.7. But this year, there’s a wider gap between first and second place, with C++ coming in at 98.4 for the No. 2 slot (last year, Java had come third with a score of 99.4, while this year its fallen to 4th place with a score of 97.5). C has fallen to third place, with a score of 98.2.

Raspberry Pi operating systems overview, including Raspbian, Retropie, OSMC and many more cool distros. And I even play a homebrew NES game!

ROCKPro64 single board computer review, including its full specification, coverage of the board’s wide range of accessories, and a demo running Ubuntu 18.04 with LXDE desktop.

NanoPi NEO4 SBC review and demo, including running Lubuntu and FriendlyELEC, installation and operation of Kodi media player, a quick test of OpenMediaVault, and fitting an extra USB port.

ExplainingComputers
Published on 7 Oct 2018
LattePanda Alpha Windows and Linux SBC review and demo, including full specification, installation of a WD Black NVME M.2 SSD, and other performance tests. Also details of the LattePanda Delta.

Find one at DFRobot (affiliate link) - http://lon.tv/mo32c - The LattePanda Alpha is a high performance hackable single board computer powered by a Core M3 processor. We even got a GPU to work with it! See more Mini PCs: http://lon.tv/minipc and subscribe! http://lon.tv/s

See ETA Prime's LattePanda videos:
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Find the M2 PCIe adapter here:
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With the feedback and requests we got from our Best Linux Distros for Gaming list, we had to do another list of the best lightweight Linux distros. Actually, some of them fit both our categories. Sure, there are other similar lists our there, but this one has up-to-date info and we’ve personally tried and tested (almost) every distro on our old laptops. It took us 7 months to compile this list and a few weeks to update it with new data! We’ve seen new lists that included distros with their latest update being in 2005. Come on, how is that distro still relevant and good in 2018? And don’t get us started on how each list is just a rehashed version of the same 5 distros. We purposefully included many distros in our list so you have more options to choose from. All distros are free and can run on ~512MB RAM or less. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, just pick any distro.

RISC OS review and demo on a Raspberry Pi 3 B+, including running BBC BASIC. RISC OS was originally designed by Acorn in 1987 as the first operating system for an ARM processor, and now has its source code managed by RISC OS Open Limited (ROOL).

ExplainingComputers Published on 20 Jan 2019
LattePanda Alpha SBC used as my only computer for a week! Video includes dual-boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint 19.1, entering the BIOS, performance benchmarks, power use, and video editing and compositing in Blackmagic Design’s Fusion and DaVinci Resolve. And I even add an extra USB port!