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*The Raspberry Pi is a simple computer that is far easier to learn than a complicated machine like a Personal Computer (PC) running Windows. | *The Raspberry Pi is a simple computer that is far easier to learn than a complicated machine like a Personal Computer (PC) running Windows. | ||
*You can choose either to install the Windows operating system on your Raspberry Pi or to install the simpler Raspberry Pi operating system (based on debian Linux). | *You can choose either to install the Windows operating system on your Raspberry Pi or to install the simpler Raspberry Pi operating system (based on debian Linux). | ||
**This article focusses on the latter as another article covers Windows. | **This article focusses on the latter as another article covers Windows. | ||
**You don't need to learn much Linux, but this article does cover some commands. | **You don't need to learn much Linux, but this article does cover some commands. | ||
*The Raspberry Pi is ideal to | *The Raspberry Pi is ideal to run Cumulus MX | ||
**The Raspberry Pi is a computer that is better for the environment, unlike a PC manufactured with lot of components, and a PC wastes a lot of electricity if left running. | |||
**Downloading the release distribution, and unzipping the files, is the same on any device | **Downloading the release distribution, and unzipping the files, is the same on any device | ||
**On Linux you need to (simply) manually install one extra component (Mono-complete), while the equivalent component (.NET) is automatically installed on Windows. | **On Linux you need to (simply) manually install one extra component (Mono-complete), while the equivalent component (.NET) is automatically installed on Windows. | ||
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**One option covered is adding a web server and a database server | **One option covered is adding a web server and a database server | ||
**Another option discussed is using a PC to control a "headless" Raspberry Pi (i.e. one without keyboard and without monitor). | **Another option discussed is using a PC to control a "headless" Raspberry Pi (i.e. one without keyboard and without monitor). | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== |
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