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Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2

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Re: Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2

#22
post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tools.

I can't tell if you're making a joke or not.

I really wish I could show about 70% of the Windows knuckleheads a few Linux tools. And I really wish about half of Hacker News would spend twenty minutes with Visual Studio and Azure. Both sides have no idea what is possible. And, no. No joke.

Re: Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2

#23
post #14

There's a heading that reads: > Developers, Developers, Developers I've always cracked up whenever I see Ballmer's developers video, so I was pretty happy that Microsoft's IoT team has a sense of humor and was able to get that approved (if they had to) reference if you haven't seen the original Ballmer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhh_GeBPOhs

Yes! This made me so happy when I got to that section :)

Re: Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2

#24
post #4

I'm curious as to the mention of a "Web Control" and how long we have to wait until we can use DirectX for graphics, seeing as I've been trying to use Pis for digital signage[1] for a while with varying results (we've since started using cheap Android boxes with great results, but I wish I had more choices). [1]: https://github.com/sapo/digital-signage-client

What Android digital signage client are you using?

Re: Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2

#28
post #25

Supporting a proprietary platform on Raspberry Pi kind of defeats the point of the openness on which Raspberry Pi was built, no?

I don't see how you can practically have an open platform and then close it off to proprietary things.

The commenter isn't saying it should be blocked, they're saying it's against the spirit of openness.

Re: Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2

#29
post #25

Supporting a proprietary platform on Raspberry Pi kind of defeats the point of the openness on which Raspberry Pi was built, no?

The Raspberry Pi may be openwashed, but it's not really that open.

edit: oh no, I've run afoul of the Broadcom shills. Oh well.

Re: Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2

#30
post #3

When they released this a couple of months ago I was pretty excited to try it out. I think the barrier to installation is a bit high. First install Windows 10, then custom install of VS, install IoT Templates, then about 30 more steps before you get the image to flash on your SD. How about a link to the image I can blast on the SD and kick the tires without a couple hours of downloading and installing prerequisites?

Yeah I was excited to try it out but I can't spend a whole day on getting things working at the moment, just too damn busy. I was hoping I would get an iso I can dd onto an SD card pop it in the RPi and it boot up and give me an IP address to connect and deploy an app to in a few clicks. You know like how I can do with Linux.

Still it is a step in the right direction for Microsoft. I am happy to see them doing such things. Competition in the IoT space is a good thing for all.

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