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235 points ChrisArchitect | 1 comments | 16 Apr 18 14:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.251s | source

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reptantchaos92 ◴[16 Apr 18 16:00 UTC] No.16849928[source]▶

I got one on the buy one, give one initiative; and being cheap was only a plus, but it was great for it's purpose; as a kid's laptop.

I gave it away a few years ago to someone who could give it a better use (teacher), but now that I have a kid on my own, I'd like to give him something like this. Any recommendations?

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bryanlarsen ◴[16 Apr 18 16:22 UTC] No.16850176[source]▶

>>16849928 #

Raspberry Pi + https://pi-top.com/ + sugar on a stick (https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/rpi-soas...)

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1. AdmiralAsshat ◴[16 Apr 18 17:08 UTC] No.16850669[source]▶

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Was pretty excited at the pi-top on first glance, but, $319 for what's basically a screen and a clamshell enclosure to the Pi? Yikes. Surely we can do better. The Superbook is a clamshell laptop powered by your smartphone and costs half that.[0]

[0]http://www.sentio.com/

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