why would i install this
lexostra's (2415) 3 posts |
Hy i am new and very intrested so please can someone give me arguments on what is good and bad about this os for a raspberry pi and why would i downloaf it and what can i do whith this os. So please if anyone that already used this can please tell me the pros and cons or just send me a link to a wab site or anything that can help so thx for reading |
Rick Murray (539) 13840 posts |
What do you expect from a Raspberry Pi? Because of really complicated reasons, we do not have much in the way of modern media capabilities – you cannot watch HD videos with RISC OS. For that, try RaspBMC. What RISC OS can offer you is a small, reliable, easy to manage single user operating system that allows you to get stuff done without the sort of pointless distractions (hello Facebook, Twitter…) that are commonplace elsewhere. Best suggestion – if you have a RaspberryPi already, download it, try it out, see what you think. |
lexostra's (2415) 3 posts |
Ok well thx but yeah i will try it out for sure… can i get stuff on it like python that is on raspbian |
Steve Pampling (1551) 8170 posts |
Well python is available on risc os but it does rather divorce you from the base OS. |
GavinWraith (26) 1563 posts |
If it is easy scripting that you are after, then Lua is available on RISC OS in the form of RiscLua. It is part of the RC12 distribution for the Raspberry Pi, or see http://lua.riscos.org.uk/ . It does not divorce you from the underlying OS. Apart from the assembler it provides the same facilities as BBC Basic, and with much the same syntax. The only item not completely uptodate in RC12 is the StrongHelp RiscLua manual, which now has more detail about the bc library (arbitrary precision numbers). Lua does not come with the wealth of libraries that Python has, but most of these are not going to work under RISC OS anyway. Anybody who has some familiarity with Python will find Lua rather easy. |
Steve Pampling (1551) 8170 posts |
Indeed. I thought I’d leave specific recommendations to others. |
lexostra's (2415) 3 posts |
Ok thx guys i am now for sure going to download risk os thx a lot and how do you change your profile photo on this site, i cant figure it out so please tell and thx for comments |
GavinWraith (26) 1563 posts |
Make yourself a Globally Recognized AVATAR. |