[dayglored]

As a Raspberry Pi owner, I think this is pretty neat! Let the flames begin...!

[dayglored]

Is this heresy or is this cool?!? ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Hint: I think it's cool. AND it's heresy... :-)

[Bobalu]

I love me some Pi.

The new quad-core Pi is lots of fun and even usable as a replacement for a standard desktop computer.

The Pi can be a pretty secure machine for getting on the net.

[T-Bone Texan]

I work at Verizon in the training content division.

IoT is about to become YUGE.

For reals: you’ll be able to punish an intruder who breaks into your house, while you’re at work, in real time. Maybe not legal.

Also, home invaders will be able to turn off all your lights right before they kick in your door.

[Poser]

My Pi is slow enough without a Microsoft OS. I think I’ll skip Win 10.

[bigbob]

Nah, it’s cool and it will pull more people with Microsoft orientation into the fold. Of course there will be angst when low-information types find that it won’t replace their PC, won’t run regular Windows programs etc, only those that have been converted to Universal Windows Apps. And that the primary intent is headless embedded gizmos that do lord-only-knows-what under the banner of IoT, many of which range from silly to things better done with a $9 Arduino.

But I like my Pi’s and I’m sure for the low low price of free, I’m sure the day will come when one runs Windows 10 IoT Core.

[bolobaby]

I may use a pi to power a full-sized BB8 I told my kids we’d build right after we see it in action in the movie. With Windows 10, it’ll make it a bit easier to port C# code, a preferred language of mine.

[Scrambler Bob]

M4L Raspberry Pi

[BereanBrain]

This is the stupidest idea EVER

[Scutter]

I love the Pi, and I work for MS, and I admit to knowing very little about this. But, with that caveat in mind, I am a bit baffled as to what the benefit is of using Windows over Linux here. With Linux, I am always certain, with enough work, I can make it do what I want because ultimately I can always go look at and possibly modify source code, plus there is a huge commuity of people who can answer questions, With Windows Core, that does not seem to be the case.

So curious to hear what you and others like abou this and what you think the benefits are.

[Irishguy]

i use mine for Kodi (xbmc for ye with a longer memory). absolutely fantastic and bullet proof. no intention to change to win10 but options are always nice to have and its good to see microsoft realise they have to play in other fields...

competition is always good

[SunkenCiv]

we need a “like” button around here. :’)

[rarestia]

I love my Pi devices and use RaspBMC (Kodi) on all of them. I have a couple of Pi 2 devices collecting dust. This might be a good test platform.

[Scutter]

I played around with it a bit this evening, using a Raspberry Pi 2. Here are my initial impressions.

-Initial setup was not difficult, basically you download an ISO, mount it, run the installer inside the ISO. This installs a utility that you can use to write the Windows Core image to a MicroSD card,
- Only one wifi adapter is supported, and it is sold out most places. The most commonly used, Edimax, adapter is not supported. You can’t do jack without networking, so unless you have the appropriate wifi adapter, you will need a wired connection.
- It boots into a little UI that shows you the computer name and IP, and lets you do a few minimalist administrative tasks. There may be more there that I have not discovered yet.
- You use PowerShell remoting to remotely log in. It says SSH is also supported - have not tried that yet.
- Looks like you will use Visual Studio on a remote host, along with Remote debugging to write, deploy, debug, and test apps. I think for me, this is the only real attraction, as I am very familiar with these tools, and would love to be able to write apps for it in C#.
- There does not seem to be much available in terms f apps and services. Of course, using Raspbian (Linux) there are a HUGE amount of packages, most of the fairly mature. So this is a major disadvantage to Windows on this platform.

So overall, it looks like a nice start, but I would say it is not really ready for prime time yet. I think a lot that’s nice about the Pi is that you can use it to glue together several things to make a cheap but useful system. For example, I used a Pi, a webcam, a motorized pet feeder, some custom hardware and software to make a little system that I can use to feed my cat and observe that he is ok when I am away from the house. If I tried that with Windows, I would immediately run into the lack of software or hardware support for webcams. So what use is it, really?

I think the big question is will MS stick with it, and how much investment will it get. For now, at least for me, it’s a wait-and-see platform.