I've got mine. the pocketchip ts pretty fun. installed python and idle and messed around. quake 3 would not run. but I played the shit out of nethack like I never have before.
I haven't figured out what exactly I want to do with it but it's been fun so far having a little midget debian box with a tiny screen. It forces you to use the console more which is healthy. like eating your vegetables.
I've already borked the OS like 3 times messing with packages and trying to see what window managers run... So at least flashing it is easy with the chrome app.
My only complaint so far is that the video drivers suck.
If the new ones are only $16 and they have the video driver sorted sign me up.
Also do yourself a favor and make sure to change the default passwords ASAP because it's just 'chip/chip' for everything.
Same here, I got my CHIP in January from the Kickstarter. However, my VGA adapter that was supposed to arrive in March didn't get here until June, long after I'd lost interest in the platform. Honestly, the RPi3 is a better deal overall, if you consider the value of the respective communities and much broader range of operating system support on the Pi.
I will say this: I wish there was something like the Pocket CHIP for the Pi, without having to build your own from the board up.
I haven't figured out what exactly I want to do with it but it's been fun so far having a little midget debian box with a tiny screen. It forces you to use the console more which is healthy. like eating your vegetables.
I've already borked the OS like 3 times messing with packages and trying to see what window managers run... So at least flashing it is easy with the chrome app.
My only complaint so far is that the video drivers suck.
If the new ones are only $16 and they have the video driver sorted sign me up.
Also do yourself a favor and make sure to change the default passwords ASAP because it's just 'chip/chip' for everything.