Temporary Desktop
Is the Rasp Pi only for hobbies and experimenting, or will it work as a replacement desktop system?
Raspberry Pi as a backup for a conventional PC
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Nowadays nothing much happens without the Internet. The Internet serves as a medium for tasks ranging from buying a train ticket to getting an application to vote. But what happens when the home PC suddenly stops working? A smartphone is only a weak stopgap measure restricted to mobile use. Can a Pi fill in?
Raspberry Pi might not be ready out of the box. Neither Raspbian nor Pidora come with the appropriate software configuration for easy desktop operation, and the available hardware also has to be up to the task.
This article examines some important steps you can take to prepare you Pi to serve as a desktop computer that will work for users who don't have a background in Linux.
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