¬ just serendipity 🍀 (not just serendipity)

Hello people,

In the next days I’m gonna begin a new mini series here in the style of my last one, about FreeBSD.

Motivation #

I always wanted to have an opportunity to test a Raspberry Pi. I still remember my enthusiasm when I first heard about it (probably by a podcast or a Linux BBS). Okay, those small devices tend to attract people anyways, however the Pi always got a special place in my head. Although other projects such as Arduino, Galileo and Beaglebone ask for some attention, none of them is comparable to a Pi in the sense of upstreamness.

Now, after a little bit of serendipity and other factors, me and some friends won two Raspberry Pis on a recent hackathon. This was a complete surprise (I believe almost all prizes and/or competitions of my life always were one) and I thought it was (is!) the perfect opportunity to review one of them. So, let’s do it, shall we?

Hello, Pi #

What are the first impressions after you see a Raspberry Pi? Well, you’ll probably say: “whoa, it is very small for a computer!”. Maybe you won’t get too impressed in our modern days of modern smartphones and phablets, but let’s forget them for a moment.