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Raspberry Pi Gets a Brand New Browser

Posted by samzenpus on from the brand-new dept.

sfcrazy writes The Raspberry Pi team has announced a new browser for Raspberry Pi. They had worked with Collabora to create an HTML5-capable, modern browser for Pi users. While announcing the new browser, Eben Upton said, "Eight months and a lot of hard work later, we're finally ready. Epiphany on Pi is now a plausible alternative to a desktop browser for all but the most JavaScript-heavy sites."

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  1. Re:Awesome by Nyder · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So because they insisted on using a crappy 12-year-old design ARM11 CPU, they need a custom browser to compensate.

    Why not make a Raspberry Pi model C, with a Cortex based CPU? If they used a modern A17 at 1.4Ghz, it would be just as low-power and have ~8x more performance.

    Because they like to sell their the Pi's at or below $35?

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