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A Linux PiC for the developing world.

I would like to see a Pi mobo for a standard case. Maxxed out Pi paired with an interface board for SATA/IDE/ATX PSU as necessary with any viable mounting arrangement (3 screws or just a backplate strip - like a PCI card but not plugged into a mobo).

Plug everything in, turn it on and you are straight into Linux with a Works package and modern browser, ready to go. A minimum cost system as you are repurposing as much as you can.

Good for poorer countries where they have a lot of old legacy kit (cases, drives, psus). Swop out an old mobo running Windows 90something (with endless security issues and the browser now blocked from most of the net) and away you go.

It may exist. I'm too busy working to monitor the geek stuff so much now. :(

Sometimes the problem is not the tech, so much as making it accessible for consumers.

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