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!