[AccessD] Raspbian in a VM

[John Colby]

So in answer to the actual question, the article mentioned discusses 
running Windows 10 on the Raspberry Pi which is an exercise in silliness 
if you ask me.  It is NOT a machine with sufficient resources to run 
Windows.  A single gb of RAM is one issue.  The RPi has all usb and 
networking running through a 300mbit / sec usb controller on the SOC.  
Theoretically it could boot off of an SSD running on the USB but get real.

That said, it runs Linux quite well I am told.  I do know that the SBCs 
that I played with ran Linux very well.  The Pine64 RockPro64 SBC i 
purchased (AFAIK) doesn't even attempt a Windows port, but it does run 
Linux, I had it up and running.  I will be building an android boot for 
the Android TV which AFAICT does in fact run on this Pine64.  This is 
quite a powerful little board but it is way more than an RPi.  Hex core, 
4 gb RAM, true gbit ethernet, PCIE X4.  A real live computer on a pretty 
small board.

http://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/ROCKPro64_Main_Page

On 2/15/2019 7:13 PM, Bill Benson wrote:
> This was an old thread but reading this article made me wonder what John
> Colby's recent experience has been, in contrast with this writer's findings.
>
> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-10-raspberry-pi-hands-on,38629.html
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 1:14 PM John Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I installed Raspbian in a Virtual box on my Windows 10 desktop. Took
>> about an hour start to finish.
>>
>>
>> https://grantwinney.com/how-to-create-a-raspberry-pi-virtual-machine-vm-in-virtualbox/
>>
>> I actually have several early Raspberry Pi machines, just need to find
>> them, set up a little workstation keyboard / mouse / monitor for them
>> etc.  Kinda short on space where I am now.  I had them running a couple
>> of years ago.  Also a BeagleBone black and a couple of Odroids IIRC.
>> All in a box somewhere.
>>
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