[arm-allstar] Raspberry Pi alternative

[John Murphy]

Any Raspberry pi stays sold out for most part. There very hard to come by.

John W7JSM

On Wed, Aug 31, 2022, 12:11 "am_fm_radio--- via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> I've had Orange Pi's on order since May...Not even a tracking number..
> Bought them through Aliexpress.
> In July, my alternative was to go to Refurbished HP Chrome books..for $55
> delivered.
> https://www.newegg.com/p/1TS-000D-03CA7?Item=9SIA22F8SR9502
>
> Dave, W1HKJ, has a complete description on how to reconfigure a chrome
> book for dual boot, or just a Linux boot. More about it is here:
> http://www.w1hkj.com/chromebook/
>
> Start with http://www.w1hkj.com/chromebook/chromebook_linux.html
>
> The process leaves the ChromeOS intact and always available as a boot
> selection.
>
> I loaded mine with Linux Mint- As I have that on an old PC in the shack..
> Others have loaded Ham-Pi on a 64GbSD card.. Both mine have great displays.
>
> Now even though I bought 2 HP chromebooks, I have not tried loading
> Hamviop on it as it is an intel processor. dual core, but would be fast
> enough.. THe results would be , the chromebook has keyboard, display and
> tablet mouse and 2 USB's..
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