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Question about ease of use
nitrogen_widget:
--- Quote from: Slippyblade on September 23, 2016, 03:05:19 pm ---The biggest problem with the Pi is the power issue. Simply cutting power without a proper shutdown can corrupt the file system. There are various way to fix that, but they require add-ons. Eventually, the add-ons end up costing you more than if you'd just gone with a normal PC.
Don't get me wrong, I love the Pi. But if you are looking for simple ease of use... the Pi is not the answer.
--- End quote ---
Windows isn't the answer either if you want to cut the power.
You will corrupt the hard drive also.
I think a live linux distro might be the way to go.
The OS is a read only file on a thumb drive.
Hard to corrupt.
Titchgamer:
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on September 23, 2016, 09:26:28 pm ---
--- Quote from: Slippyblade on September 23, 2016, 03:05:19 pm ---The biggest problem with the Pi is the power issue. Simply cutting power without a proper shutdown can corrupt the file system. There are various way to fix that, but they require add-ons. Eventually, the add-ons end up costing you more than if you'd just gone with a normal PC.
Don't get me wrong, I love the Pi. But if you are looking for simple ease of use... the Pi is not the answer.
--- End quote ---
Windows isn't the answer either if you want to cut the power.
You will corrupt the hard drive also.
I think a live linux distro might be the way to go.
The OS is a read only file on a thumb drive.
Hard to corrupt.
--- End quote ---
Windows is easy to shut down.
You just set the machine to shut itself down after pressing the power button.
Sorted
philby95:
I have found the pi 3 to be awesome to use. I bought my first one 3-4 weeks ago. I loaded retropie, a rom and I have a dedicated galaxian machine. I had to do some reading on how to make it boot silently, that is no boot up text graphics etc. That's the part that has always annoyed me about using a pc, getting rid of the bios bootscreen is difficult and then hiding windows can be a pain depending on the version.
I have a pi image backed up, so to make a new game I just change the rom and a line of text and good to go. It boots straight into the rom in about 20 secs.
The on off issue hasn't been a problem for me. I just switch it on and off at the power switch at the wall.
nitrogen_widget:
--- Quote from: Titchgamer on September 24, 2016, 03:11:27 am ---
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on September 23, 2016, 09:26:28 pm ---
--- Quote from: Slippyblade on September 23, 2016, 03:05:19 pm ---The biggest problem with the Pi is the power issue. Simply cutting power without a proper shutdown can corrupt the file system. There are various way to fix that, but they require add-ons. Eventually, the add-ons end up costing you more than if you'd just gone with a normal PC.
Don't get me wrong, I love the Pi. But if you are looking for simple ease of use... the Pi is not the answer.
--- End quote ---
Windows isn't the answer either if you want to cut the power.
You will corrupt the hard drive also.
I think a live linux distro might be the way to go.
The OS is a read only file on a thumb drive.
Hard to corrupt.
--- End quote ---
Windows is easy to shut down.
You just set the machine to shut itself down after pressing the power button.
Sorted
--- End quote ---
you can do the same thing with the RPI.
There are GPIO apps or scripts you can install then just put a switch on the GPIO and it will shut down the pi for you.
Titchgamer:
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on September 28, 2016, 04:36:44 pm ---
--- Quote from: Titchgamer on September 24, 2016, 03:11:27 am ---
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on September 23, 2016, 09:26:28 pm ---
--- Quote from: Slippyblade on September 23, 2016, 03:05:19 pm ---The biggest problem with the Pi is the power issue. Simply cutting power without a proper shutdown can corrupt the file system. There are various way to fix that, but they require add-ons. Eventually, the add-ons end up costing you more than if you'd just gone with a normal PC.
Don't get me wrong, I love the Pi. But if you are looking for simple ease of use... the Pi is not the answer.
--- End quote ---
Windows isn't the answer either if you want to cut the power.
You will corrupt the hard drive also.
I think a live linux distro might be the way to go.
The OS is a read only file on a thumb drive.
Hard to corrupt.
--- End quote ---
Windows is easy to shut down.
You just set the machine to shut itself down after pressing the power button.
Sorted
--- End quote ---
you can do the same thing with the RPI.
Install the GPIO script and button to the GPIO and it will run the shutdown command.
--- End quote ---
You need to buy a add on board for that though dont you?
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