01-02-2020, 03:57 PM
The short answer is: Yes, I have indeed managed to do that successfully in a linux environment!
The long answer is:
Well, first things first, the linux distro that I use is Raspbian, which I run on both my Raspberry pi 3B+ and raspberry pi 4B (4GB RAM).
It seems to work quite nicely to do the “basics”.
As for word processing and spreadsheets, Raspbian comes with LibreOffice pre-installed. Which gets the job done quite nicely.
I also have no issues printing through my wireless laser printer, so that’s also a plus!
I do have to say that the fact that the Raspberry pis run on the ARM architecture is the biggest limiting factor they’ve got. This is because it’s hard to find programs that support it! This is exactly why you can’t just run a full version of Windows on them. And the windows IoT core which they support is a plain joke to be honest.
The long answer is:
Well, first things first, the linux distro that I use is Raspbian, which I run on both my Raspberry pi 3B+ and raspberry pi 4B (4GB RAM).
It seems to work quite nicely to do the “basics”.
As for word processing and spreadsheets, Raspbian comes with LibreOffice pre-installed. Which gets the job done quite nicely.
I also have no issues printing through my wireless laser printer, so that’s also a plus!
I do have to say that the fact that the Raspberry pis run on the ARM architecture is the biggest limiting factor they’ve got. This is because it’s hard to find programs that support it! This is exactly why you can’t just run a full version of Windows on them. And the windows IoT core which they support is a plain joke to be honest.
Thank you Post4VPS and VirMach for providing me with VPS9! But now it’s time to say farewell due to my studies.