Getting Linux in to the hands of those in need.

Getting Linux in to the hands of those in need.

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Hi all,


I am first and foremost an educator of the blind community in my 
country, South Africa to be exact, and am looking in to ways to get more 
people to use computers. Unfortunately, as we all know, the things are 
not cheep, especially when you look at options, such as computers bought 
from mainstream stores, most of which comes pre-installed with either 
Windows or MacOS.


Yes, I know I can buy Raspberry pies, and install something on there, 
weather it be Ubuntu, or whatever Distro I can lay my hands on.


But we have to remember that I'm dealing with folks that has either no 
computer knowledge, or very little. Thus, I'm thinking stay off of the 
single board computers for now.


Can someone who has done this before please let me know what they did?

-- 
Warm regards,

Brandt Steenkamp

Sent using Thunderbird from the Slint machine

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Raspberry Pi 400 would be my recommendation. It doesn't have built-in 
audio, but you can justt plug in USB audio and a pair of headphones or 
speakers. I think it should also plug into any HDMI compatible TV or 
computer monitor as well, although HDMI audio tends to be a bit flaky at 
least on some devices. It's not as DIY as most of the other Raspberry Pi 
offerings, so it is much better for new users. Another option is the 
Pinebook Pro, which is already a complete laptop solution, assuming they 
have them in stock and available for purchase. You probably would need a 
larger eMMC flash chip for it, but it should run faster than the 
Raspberry Pi 400, simply because it's using eMMC instead of relying 
primarily on MicroSD, which although it is much faster than it once was, 
can still get bogged down easily with frequent i/o operations. Just my 
thoughts, I hope they help.

~Kyle

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I have a 400 and like it.

> On May 1, 2022, at 11:58, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> Raspberry Pi 400 would be my recommendation. It doesn't have built-in audio, but you can justt plug in USB audio and a pair of headphones or speakers. I think it should also plug into any HDMI compatible TV or computer monitor as well, although HDMI audio tends to be a bit flaky at least on some devices. It's not as DIY as most of the other Raspberry Pi offerings, so it is much better for new users. Another option is the Pinebook Pro, which is already a complete laptop solution, assuming they have them in stock and available for purchase. You probably would need a larger eMMC flash chip for it, but it should run faster than the Raspberry Pi 400, simply because it's using eMMC instead of relying primarily on MicroSD, which although it is much faster than it once was, can still get bogged down easily with frequent i/o operations. Just my thoughts, I hope they help.
> 
> ~Kyle
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> I have a 400 and like it.


Good to know. I think I'll like one as well, although I have been 
sitting on it for over a year now I think. Not sure I want only the 4GB 
RAM though. I do wish they made them with 8.

~Kyle