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Posted on 09/07/2016 5:22:45 PM PDT by dayglored
A beginner's guide to installing and pushing a simple app to Windows 10 IoT Core running on a Raspberry Pi.
Microsoft's ambition is for Windows 10 to run on every type of computing device, even the credit card-sized $35 Raspberry Pi board.
The Pi doesn't run the same version of Windows 10 as a laptop does, but a far simpler, stripped-back release called Windows 10 IoT Core.
This OS won't boot you into the traditional Windows desktop, but instead loads a bare bones menu from which you can set up the system, which can only run a single Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app with a GUI at a time.
The real purpose of Windows 10 IoT Core on the Pi is to run small applications, which are deployed to the board from a PC. These apps could do anything from taking readings from a temperature sensor, to acting as a simple web server.
But how do you get started? Here's a step-by-step guide to setting up Windows 10 IoT Core on the Raspberry Pi 2 or 3, and then deploying a simple app, using a Windows 10 PC as the base machine.
... [lots more at the link...]
(Excerpt) Read more at techrepublic.com ...
I'll ask that those who visit these threads take a similarly positive approach -- it's not a "caucus", but these are not intended to be threads to bash Microsoft on.
Thanks, FRiends.
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Special shout-out to chris37...
add me to the windows ping list please?
Mine doesn’t look like that - and I don’t run Windows on it either.
“Step 3. Insert the SD card into the Raspberry Pi and boot the machine, ensuring the Pi is hooked up to a network.”
Getting the device, your old dongle and your wireless network to connect up can be more than half the battle.
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Thanks
How much storage can you put on a raspberry pi?
How?
Why?
Put a light version of Linux on it. Much better results.
Alternate Title
How to Wreck a Raspberry Pi by putting Windows 10 on it
I won’t even run Win 10 in a VM. No way I’ll put it on actual hardware.
Why ruin a perfectly good $35 computer !!!
Sure thing -- you're on! Welcome!
Nor does mine -- it's an older model. Different circuit board, fewer USBs. And I think the fancy case is a separate item.
I run the stock Linux that was originally intended for it. If I get a newer hardware model I might play around with the Win10 IoT, but I'll have to find a bunch of hobbyist time I don't presently have. :-)
A few months ago I bought a couple of these $15 Pine64 single-board computers, and installed Debian and Ubuntu. I set it up as a media server for all my music. Works freaking excellent. It's a little on the slow side, but for what I'm using it for, it's awesome. I bought 2 so I could play with one while the other was jamming my tunes.
It will be interesting to see how much utility folks are going to be able to get out of MS-Windows with a similar system.
RAM is limited to a GB. The bulk storage is on SD cards, so whatever...
That's the default (Raspbian Linux).
It doesn't ruin it at all -- it just points it in a different direction while it's booted.
Fear not -- if you take out the Windows boot disk, it'll boot back into Linux just fine, no harm done. :-)
fairly decently, I expect. I've got an older RPi and while it's hardly a speed demon, I can use it effectively and enjoyably for simple stuff -- web browsing, email, small documents. So I expect these newer faster RAMier models get around just fine.
> It will be interesting to see how much utility folks are going to be able to get out of MS-Windows with a similar system.
Well, nobody is gonna be running Office on 'em, I wager, but small apps ought to do well.
Like I said, Why bother with Windows?
I began using some flavor of Linux in 1984. First was a version of Slackware running under MSDOS. No GUI, but amazing fast.
First real GUI version was Redhat 5.0.
Last 10 years, my primary machine has always been Linux.
Last 5-1/2 years I worked for a company, I had Redhat box on Left of Desk and Windows machine on the Right. Both hooked to network that allowed dragging flat files from an AS-400 and Poking images into that network. Ran a catalog department for a wholesale distributor. Created their catalog and promotions. Could not do the job without both Windows and Linux.
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