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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Infrasonic » February 10th, 2019, 2:28 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Y6XwF ... GSdZtG%3A6

ExplainingComputers Published on 10 Feb 2019
Video playback tested on eight single board computers, including the Raspberry Pi 3 B+, Rock64, LattePanda Alpha, Asus Tinker Board, Odroid XU4, LattePanda V1.0, NanoPi M4, and the Khadas VIM 2.

All SBCs are shown playing the same local 1080p 30fps file, and then streaming the same file via YouTube. But which one is the winner?

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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Infrasonic » March 17th, 2019, 1:29 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15VjDVCISj0

A $35 Raspberry Pi can work as a very effective VPN server. You'll gain access to your local network resources remotely and have a secure connection to the Internet. See more Raspberry Pi : http://lon.tv/pi and subscribe! http://lon.tv/s

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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Infrasonic » March 17th, 2019, 2:06 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4p9EpjA0ZM

ExplainingComputers
Published on 17 Mar 2019
Rock Pi 4B single board computer review and demo, including testing a WD Black M.2 NVMe SSD in Debian, and media playback in Android. The video also shows the acrylic case, eMMC module, and large heat sink.

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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Infrasonic » March 31st, 2019, 2:16 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOGltcg ... VAoQe3%3A6

ExplainingComputers 31 Mar 2019
Raspberry Pi home automation tutorial using a mains relay HAT from Electronics-Salon to control three light bulbs, and potentially other mains or high power DC devices. Video includes Python 3 code for bulb sequencing and timer control.

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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Infrasonic » April 7th, 2019, 1:28 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM4Utd_okp8

Lon.TV Published on 7 Apr 2019
QNAP's HS-453DX is completely silent yet delivers the same feature set as their other NAS devices including an HDMI output and 10 gigabit ethernet support.
VIDEO INDEX:
00:51 - Hardware & Price
01:07 - Processor
01:11 - RAM
01:15 - Hard drive installation
01:53 - M2 SATA Storage Slots
02:38 - Ports
04:22 - 10 gigabit ethernet performance Test
05:54 - Web Interface
07:35 - Virtualization Station
09:02 - Container Station (Docker) / GUI Linux
11:34 - Backup app
12:58 - Plex server performance
15:00 - HDMI output / Home Theater Performance
18:23 - Linux Desk Station
18:57 - Voice alerts
20:49 - Final Thoughts

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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Infrasonic » May 19th, 2019, 2:17 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3R58a0 ... j9sGnH%3A6

ExplainingComputers 19 May 2019
Linux advice for Microsoft Office users, including Windows font installation, LibreOffice vs WSP Office, Microsoft Office Web Apps, running Windows office programs using Wine, and running MS Office in a virtual machine in VirtualBox.

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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Infrasonic » June 6th, 2019, 1:50 pm

https://betanews.com/2019/06/05/zorin-o ... indows-10/
...Zorin OS is one of my favorite Linux-based operating systems to recommend to those switching from Windows. Why? Well, it is designed to look very much like traditional Windows. With Windows 7 support ending soon, Zorin OS should feel very familiar to those moving from Microsoft’s OS. Not to mention, it is stable, fast, beautiful, and relatively easy to use...
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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Infrasonic » June 10th, 2019, 2:31 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pri0tfmtBNI
ExplainingComputers
Published on 9 June 2019

Orange Pi 3 SBC review, including demos of Android and Ubuntu operating systems. The Orange Pi 3 is a single board computer with four USB 3.0 ports, a quad core A53 CPU, and a PCIe 2.0 slot.


Seems despite the good hardware specs the software support is as bad as ever...

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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Infrasonic » June 24th, 2019, 6:20 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpMhsrsiV6Y


Explaining Computers Published on 23 June 2019

Atomic Pi x86 SBC review and demo. Includes hardware specifications, powering the board, running Ubuntu and Linux Mint, and a peek at the BIOS of this great little Intel-Atom-based, $35 to $50 single board computer.

As discussed at the end of the video, the Atomic Pi appears to be a rebranded Aaeon MF-001, produced for Mayfield Robotics as a control board for their scrapped Kuri robot
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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Infrasonic » June 24th, 2019, 6:21 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXCjpJasvG0


Explaining Computers Published on 23 June 2019

Raspberry Pi 4B review, including the hardware specs of this new single board computer, and a demo running the latest version of Raspbian. With thanks to the Raspberry Pi Foundation for supplying the board featured in this video.

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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Itsallaguess » June 24th, 2019, 6:33 pm

Infrasonic wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXCjpJasvG0

Raspberry Pi 4B review, including the hardware specs of this new single board computer, and a demo running the latest version of Raspbian.


I've been reading some of the early reviews of the Pi 4B, and whilst the dual-monitor output is great, the reviews I've read seem to suggest that it's struggling to play back high-quality video media - even some 1080p stuff seems to struggle from what I've been reading.

Do you think this is something they're likely to overcome with better software optimisation for this specific release, or have they over-reached this time with wanting to claim their 4K dual-monitor achievement over the actual quality of the output itself?

Even with my reservations above, I continue to be amazed at the improvements they're making in this format of PC from each release to the next. It really is fantastic what they can achieve in that low-power / low-cost space nowadays...

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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby ReformedCharacter » June 24th, 2019, 7:29 pm

Itsallaguess wrote:I've been reading some of the early reviews of the Pi 4B, and whilst the dual-monitor output is great, the reviews I've read seem to suggest that it's struggling to play back high-quality video media - even some 1080p stuff seems to struggle from what I've been reading.

Do you think this is something they're likely to overcome with better software optimisation for this specific release, or have they over-reached this time with wanting to claim their 4K dual-monitor achievement over the actual quality of the output itself?

Even with my reservations above, I continue to be amazed at the improvements they're making in this format of PC from each release to the next. It really is fantastic what they can achieve in that low-power / low-cost space nowadays...

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Itsallaguess


There's some comment about that here:

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/ra ... e-your-pc/

If Upton says they will address the performance issues post launch I'd be tempted to give him the benefit of the doubt. I'm tempted to get one for the dual monitor option.

RC

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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Itsallaguess » June 24th, 2019, 7:42 pm

ReformedCharacter wrote:
If Upton says they will address the [Pi 4B video] performance issues post launch I'd be tempted to give him the benefit of the doubt. I'm tempted to get one for the dual monitor option.


Thanks for that, and I agree that he does seem committed to improving the specific video areas that seem to be a bit of an issue with the early reviews of this Pi 4B version.

I'm not quite sure of the thinking behind releasing such early-versions of the Pi 4B for review, however, if these issues are commonplace across most of the early-adopters. It's not the best advert for the brand, and they really do need to deliver on the fixes if they're going to maintain their credibility, I think.

If it's that easy to do so, I can only wonder why they've not addressed these issues before release..

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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Infrasonic » June 25th, 2019, 7:20 pm

There's some Pi 4 benchmarking here...https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/raspb ... enchmarks/

Raspberry Pi 4 has a full-chip redesign, the first in the history of Raspberry Pi, and it's unlocked new levels of performance. Our specs & benchmarks show just how much faster Raspberry Pi 4 is

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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Infrasonic » July 9th, 2019, 12:12 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbn_6ixtIpA
ExplainingComputers
Published on 7 July 2019

Raspberry Pi 4 vs NVIDIA Jetson Nano comparison, also including benchmarks of the Raspberry Pi 3B and Raspberry Pi 3B+. Video covers hardware specifications, Octane browser benchmark, USB and micro SD card speed tests, YouTube and local video playback, and Kdenlive performance and render test.

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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Infrasonic » July 10th, 2019, 3:36 pm

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/07 ... -chargers/

...As detailed by Tyler Ward, the Raspberry Pi 4 has a non-compliant USB-C charging port and doesn't work with as many chargers as it should. Thanks to the open nature of Raspberry Pi (even the schematics are online!), Ward was able to discover that Raspberry Pi just didn't design its USB-C port correctly. Two "CC" pins on a USB-C port are supposed to each get their own 5.1K ohms resistor, but Raspberry Pi came up with its own circuit design that allows them to share a single resistor. This is not a compliant design and breaks compatibility with some of the more powerful USB-C chargers out there...
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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Infrasonic » July 14th, 2019, 2:40 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEHr3B4KgTY

ExplainingComputers
Published on 14 July 2019

Zorin OS Linux distro installation and demo, including both Zorin OS 15 Core and Zorin OS 15 Ultimate. You can learn more about Zorin OS and download it at: https://zorinos.com/

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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby Infrasonic » July 20th, 2019, 9:19 am

https://www.zdnet.com/article/installin ... 14-laptop/
Installing five flavours of Linux on my new laptop
I got a very nice new laptop at a very good price, so I wiped Windows and installed Linux on it.
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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby cinelli » July 20th, 2019, 10:42 am

Infrasonic wrote:https://www.zdnet.com/article/installing-linux-on-a-new-hp-pavilion-14-laptop/
The first thing I had to do was get into the BIOS Setup Utility to disable UEFI Secure Boot. That turns out to be a bit more tricky than you might think.
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I am fairly knowledgeable about installing linux but admit that I don't understand these BIOS options like secure boot, fast boot, UEFI. I am just glad that my system works.

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Re: Why Linux?

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Postby XFool » July 22nd, 2019, 11:30 am

Infrasonic wrote:https://www.zdnet.com/article/installing-linux-on-a-new-hp-pavilion-14-laptop/
Installing five flavours of Linux on my new laptop
I got a very nice new laptop at a very good price, so I wiped Windows and installed Linux on it.
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Very interesting:
"I let the Windows setup procedure run on first boot, until I got to the point where it became clear to me that it is now impossible to install Windows without a Microsoft account. Absolutely impossible."

And people marvel as to why I am still on Windows 8!

I wanted (still do really) to change to Unix after my main PC blew up - since replaced by an ex-lease Dell with Windows 8.1 - but when I looked I was horrified by what I found. Things had obviously moved on since as I last looked, many moons ago. There now seemed to be as many species of Unix as there once were personal computers running MS DOS in the days before the IBM PC. I just gave up before I even started.


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