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The Raspberry Pi is 10/One decade, 46 million units: Happy birthday, Raspberry Pi

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 5th of March 2022 10:37:07 AM Filed under
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"We were already aware that it was going to be bigger than expected," says Upton. "We had this idea of doing 1,000 or 10,000 or something... we had a couple of thousand units on order with our first contract manufacturer in China.

"Around Christmas time, when we got the first beta boards back, we put an operating system [based on Debian] online… and it had 50,000 downloads. And all you could do was run it in QEMU (there was a QEMU config you could build that was similar enough to a Raspberry Pi).

"50,000 people downloaded this really primitive operating system for a machine that you couldn't buy!" he exclaims.

And that was when realisation dawned that demand for the hardware would be far higher than a run of 1,000, 10,000 or even 100,000 units.

Upton tells us that approximately 46 million units have been manufactured to date. Although getting hold of one in 2022 is a bit of challenge. More on that later.

While the final iterations of those first Raspberry Pi computers, the Pi 1 Model A+ and B+, can still be purchased, for Upton it was the Raspberry Pi 2 that marked the biggest step change, despite the relatively short period before the 3 arrived in 2016.

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The original Raspberry Pi PC turns 10 years old today

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 5th of March 2022 04:54:42 PM.
  • The original Raspberry Pi PC turns 10 years old today

    The original Raspberry Pi micro-computer was a smash hit, combining an open Linux-powered ARM system with a super-cheap price point (roughly $35). There have been many models since then, but now the tiny computer that started it all is 10 years old, as of today (February 28).

    Eben Upton, one of the founders of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, wrote in a blog post, “Almost exactly ten years ago today, thousands of you set your alarms, and woke on leap-day morning to discover that we’d started selling Raspberry Pi computers. By the time our all-volunteer team gathered in the pub that evening for celebratory drinks, our licensees Farnell and RS Components had taken over 100,000 orders (despite struggling to keep their websites online under the load); we had (briefly) out-trended Lady Gaga; and Raspberry Pi was on the road to becoming a little larger than we’d planned.”

Raspberry Pi turns 10: 5 reasons we love it

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 14th of March 2022 11:29:00 AM.
  • Raspberry Pi turns 10: 5 reasons we love it | The Enterprisers Project

    Ten years after its initial launch, Raspberry Pi is more than just a computer. It has created (and entertained) a community of professionals, inspired students, and encouraged general enthusiasts to break the boundaries of technology. Given its affordability, it's especially appealing to a younger generation and remains a top player in STEM education, but even IT managers and other tech professionals still utilize Raspberry Pi to this day.

    To celebrate Pi Day (3.14), I asked our community to share the ways they're using Raspberry Pi today: whether they discovered it along with their children, use it for entertainment at home, or incorporate it into their daily hybrid work. Check out what they said they're still loving about Raspberry Pi all these years later.

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