So I went to a geek store and they had Pi Zeros on sale for 0.99, strict limit of one. Now I have many Pis. I still dont know why yet.
The Windows 10 IOT you can download is useless. I was hoping it allowed me to play Netflix but no. In fact, I can't think of any use for it, no browser avail, no gui, only programming languages, just a command prompt, and I guess some ability to manipulate the hd and move files. It's like looking at flashing cursor back in the DOS years. Very useless. I see there is some RISC version. Hmmmm.... Maybe I can write some malware and steal all of Ox's money.
Ubuntu Mate is interesting, seems to have full Ubuntu catalog of programs, but it's SLOW, much slower than Raspbian. Raspbian seems to be enough for browsing but there are some missing pieces, ie support for pdfs (at least natively, Im not sure yet if there is a download). This thing isn't much for multitasking. Of course this isnt meant to be a net machine but its interesting that it can be.
Just learned that the processor is ARM v8 based similiar to Ipad/Iphone 4 (more memory on the Raspberry though).
Diddy, no overheating yet. I suspect the type of case used affects that a bunch though. Or overclocking. I did buy some heatsinks but haven't added them yet.
On youtube I've seen many project. Which should I do first?