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Ditch Linux For Windows 10 On Your Raspberry Pi With Microsoft's IoT Kit
An anonymous reader writes: Partnering with Adafruit, Microsoft has announced the Windows IoT Core Starter Kit. The $75 kit comes comes with an SD card preloaded with Windows 10 IoT. According to the Raspberry Pi blog: "The pack is available with a Pi 2 for people who are are new to Raspberry Pi or who'd like a dedicated device for their projects, or without one for those who'll be using a Pi they already own. The box contains an SD card with Windows 10 Core and a case, power supply, wifi module and Ethernet cable for your Pi; a breadboard, jumper wires and components including LEDs, potentiometers and switches; and sensors for light, colour, temperature and pressure. There's everything you need to start building."
It's perfect. Now my Pi can have Telemetry!
DirectX ought to come in handy, too.
Dumping a system that works and does what I want for a system that spies on me and will change at the whim of its maker with but a "swallow bitch" if I complain.
Decisions, decisions...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
is the year that Windows will replace Linux on the IoT.
Hi, thank you so much for the offer but I'm afraid I'll have to decline. It was really nice of you to offer, and believe me I feel terrible about this, but I'm not going to be able switch from Linux to Windows 10 on my rasbpi. Hope this doesn't hurt your feelings in any way and I apologize profusely for not being able to use your fine product.
As an aside, I also hope this won't affect your intentions with the data you've been collecting from my Windows 10 desktop machine. I still think your company is awesome and please don't consider this as an affront and thereby sell or distribute the personal information you've attained. Pretty please.
Thanks for all of the high-quality software you've shared with us over the years. Hope your day is a happy and productive one.
- Steve
just trying to make sure all iterations of "no" are covered.
Because Windows on ARM has been nothing but a giant success so far.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Well, if it doesn't come with a pencil box that looks like a small briefcase, I'm not buying this kit.
If you think I voted for Trump because of this post, you're wrong. I voted for Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party. Again.
masochism?
It might be nice having a ms honey pot ...
With the impending IoT, I suspect that eventually, actual jars of honey will have IP addresses ... allowing one to make the metaphor a reality.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
some people will do anything to avoid systemd.
of course, systemd isn't on the linux version of the pi either.
But why take a chance?
It doesn't come with a GUI, so if you want a working display, you need Linux.
I don't think anyone has ever said those words before.