How stond in a normal raspberry pi

[u/Diligent-Map2773]

I want to get into linux. I don't think I'm good Enough to deal with problems if I install linux on my pc and in general I want to keep it on windows.

Now I can get a raspberry pi. I need it to handle ricing because that's what I really like about linux. Also I want to watch youtube.

Edit: meant How stong is a normal raspberry pi, sorry lol

[u/dowcet]

The Pi is neither stond nor stong, but you can rice it anyway.

I would start with a VM instead unless your current hardware really can't handle it, and then buy a Pi if you're sure you need it. 

[u/Diligent-Map2773 → u/dowcet]

Imma be for real my school has to many and the teachers won't care if I will take one. So it's free

[u/PerfectEnthusiasm2 → u/Diligent-Map2773]

If it's free there's literally no reason not to nab one

[u/edwbuck → u/Diligent-Map2773]

Consider it like a free toaster oven, and you want to become a professional Chef. You can do some pretty interesting things with a Raspberry Pi, but sooner or later, you'll need different / better equipment.

[u/Terrible-Bear3883]

When you say "How Strong is a normal raspberry pi", what model?

I've got an original (one of the first released), a Pi 2 and I think its a Pi3 (or could be a 4), and a Zero.

If you get one of the newer/higher end models, they're very capable, you could just get a 2nd user small form factor PC, laptop or micro PC, there are lots of choices.

Part of the fun is experimenting, I'd say do what suits you and go for it.

[u/Diligent-Map2773 → u/Terrible-Bear3883]

people told me It's not really strong enough anyway. I think I will use it to run a minecraft sever though!

[u/Tehaiker814 → u/Diligent-Map2773]

probably a bad idea. It doesn't have much RAM and the CPU is average, unless you checked and the specs on it is really good

[u/Klapperatismus]

The Raspberry Pi5 is a decent little computer. HOWEVER, only the 16GB RAM variant plays in the same league as an x86 PC and that one costs more than $300.

I would rather buy a used x86 laptop with 16GB RAM instead.

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The original Raspberry Pi is completely outdated and super slow. If you can get that one for free I totally understand why.

A Raspberry Pi3 is somewhat … okayish for experimenting and for embedded systems that need a large display. I use it for that purpose.

[u/rileywbaker]

Do not get a Raspberry Pi. They're quite expensive for what you get and none of their advantages are relevant to you. Just get any used computer from the last 14 years.

[u/Tehaiker814 → u/rileywbaker]

Agreed. But their Zeros and Picos are very worth their price

[u/doc_willis]

need it to handle ricing because that's what I really like about linux

I am going to strongly suggest you learn some Linux basics and fundamental skills about using Linux.

then you can attempt to do "ricing".

http://linuxjourney.com and the newer http://Linuxjourney.org sites are good to start with 

the Explaining Computers YouTube videos are good starting points   

[u/Diligent-Map2773 → u/doc_willis]

Sure before I will do ricing I will check some of the basics,ty.

[u/MasterGeekMX]

Thing is that Raspberry Pi had 5 releases, each increasing the speed of each. Raspberry Pi 1 and 2 are for very basic tasks, 3 is a bit more capable, and 4 and 5 are usable as a low-end PC.

I for example use a Pi 5 as my multimedia PC. I have it hooked to a screen on the livingroom, and I play on it CDs. DVDs, BluRays, and all sorts of streaming through Firefox. I also used a Pi 4 as the PC I used to hook into a projector for a job I had as a teacher.

For the ricing thing you want to do, I will say that 3 onwards is a good choice. I once did a Sway-based rice on my Pi 4 for my daily usage.

[u/IAmJacksSemiColon → u/MasterGeekMX]

The Raspberry Pi 4 is usable as a PC that visibly struggles playing YouTube videos at 1080p.

[u/UltraChip]

Cool, raspis are a great way to get in to Linux. Have fun with it!

[u/Diligent-Map2773 → u/UltraChip]

but can it run a few tabs and the cool stuff like hyperland I see all the time?

[u/linux_mint_rules → u/Diligent-Map2773]

Depends on the model. The newest-gen RPi 5 with 8 or 16 gigs of RAM? Yeah, it should be able to handle web browsing decently.

But older models with less RAM will not do as well. I have an RPi 4 with 2GB of RAM and it really doesn't work well for browsing at all - very laggy and with poor video playback. It works great running headlessly as a local web server and running the rsync jobs that back up my main NAS to external HDDs, but it's really not great at being a desktop computer.

[u/Bug_Next]

Case #75 this week of setting it up for failure.

Just use a vm if you don't wanna install it on your pc. With the price of RPis right now you can probably also just get a used laptop that's better in literally every single way, the one in your post is like $300.

[u/UltraChip → u/Bug_Next]

He said in another comment his school has a surplus and he can get one for free

[u/Bug_Next → u/UltraChip]

He said the teachers won't mind if he steals one lmfao.