Look I’d love to get a new #RaspberryPi5 - I love playing with this sort of tech. I have a few older ones kicking around still too! But I won’t be buying one because I don’t like to support a company that belittles people for taking an ethical stance against hiring known surveillance police to help support that particular market. It was dismissive, exclusionary, and pushing minority groups out of making spaces. And they still don’t think they’ve done anything wrong.
With the #RaspberryPi5 releasing, don't forget how they boasted about hiring an ex surveillance cop, then ridiculed the people who criticized them for it.
Also remember how you weren't able to buy a Pi for months because they prioritized supplying their business customers.
I'm not buying #RaspberryPi products any longer, nor do I recommend them to my friends and clients. The Pi Foundation has become seriously out of touch.
If your first thought when you hear that a company that makes computers and writes curricula that trains kids how to use computers proudly hired a spy cop and gave the middle finger to those who raised ethical concerns is to defend the company and the spy cop in question, you should take a moment, stop what you’re doing, and give yourself a firm slap in the face.
It won’t change anything but it’ll make me feel better at least.
When I take a bit of a break from The Amp Hour, it sure is nice to return with a bang! I talked with James and Liam of the @Raspberry_Pi hardware group about the #RP1 custom silicon going on the #RaspberryPi5.
If you just thought "But Linux already supports the #RaspberryPi5, see #RaspberryPiOS", then you just learned why differentiating between the #kernel called Linux (meant here) and operating systems called Linux (often build from forks of the former carrying modifications and enhancements) is important. #LinuxKernel
In the meantime, I’ve bought some #SNES style USB pads and a case for the #RaspberryPi 4 #RetroPie. No expectations, because they were cheap AF…🤡 It just didn’t feel right playing those classics on a modern #XBox pad and I have just one…🤷🏻♂️ I want to share the sentiment with my wife and the kids…🥰
We're talking about #RaspberryPi5 and also looking at demos of other Pi-powered hardware here @Makeroni in Wimbledon today - @codepope is doing a show-and-tell and walkthrough of setting up a Pi 5 from scratch and telling us about new features and differences. #RaspberryPi#PiFawkes#Maker#Hackspace
I got a Raspberry Pi 5 a while ago, and little by little I'm adding some software I'll find useful (and also figuring out how the darn OS works; I've never used Unix-like OSes before).