Posts by bloomingeek

The ultimate Pi 5 arrives carrying 16GB ... and a price to match

My daily driver is a Pi5 with 8GB of ram. The game changer for me was adding the SSD hat and installing Ubuntu OS for Raspberry Pi on the drive. I use the machine for mainly email and web surfing. It plays music and videos just fine. The CPU only seems to start up on start up and reboot. I rarely turn it off, except on vacation.

The sweet Raspberry taste of success masks a missed opportunity

I want a Pi 500, but...

My daily driver PC is a Rasp Pi 5 with the SSD and fan hats. The speed boost of the SSD and the included 8GB of ram, makes it ideal for web surfing, email, YouTube, etc. The OS I chose is Ubuntu, it just works. Is it my understanding I can't add the SSD hat to the Pi 500 because there's not enough room?