pixel for mac and pc

Post date: Dec 29, 2016 7:37:43 PM

The Foundation gave us a little Christmas present: a version of Raspbian that runs on a Mac or PC as a live CD/Flash drive!

I've given it a spin on both an old 1.3GHz ThinkPad, and a desktop Mac. Here are the highlights:

• It's a live CD, so it doesn't make any changes to the hard disk. Reboot and the computer is back to it's usual operating system.

• If you boot from USB, any changes you make can be saved. This includes software installs and password changes.

• Performance on my machines was better than on a Pi 3.

• The Chromium browser is more stable than when it runs on the Pi.

• The Epiphany browser is not included. This isn't a problem since Chromium runs so well.

My conclusion: it's a great way to get some use out of old computers!