The following is an outline of potential articles I want to cover in Streetwise. Most should make the cut, some won't. Let me know what you think and if there is something of interest you might like to see me cover that's not listed here.
Technology on a
Budget:
1) Raspberry Pi
a) Different
Raspberries (A, A+, B/2, B+/3, Zero v1.0/v1/3)
b) Operating
Systems (Raspbian, Ubuntumate)
c) Software
d) Peripherals (USB
RULES)
e) Learning
electronics (GPIO pins and simple, safe experiments)
2) Freegeek
a) Laptops,
desktops
b) keyboard/mouse
c) Hard
drives/Optical drives
d) TV tuner/Video
capture
e) Memory
f) Recycling
3) Arduino
a) Uno
b) Tiny
c) Due
4) Free internet
access
a) Library
b) Big box chains
c) Government
Institutions
d) Future hotspots
5) Open Source
software vs Paid for software
a)
OpenOffice/LibreOffice vs Microsoft Office
b) VLC vs Microsoft
Media Player
c) Gimp vs Adobe
Photoshop
d) Blender3D vs
Adobe After Effects/Lightwave/etvc.
6) Linux vs Windows
a) Ubuntu
b) Puppy Linux, DSL
c) MythTV
7) DIY services vs
Pay-for services
8) Backing up DVDs
9) Computer on a
Stick
a) Botable USB
Flash Drive
b) Turning a RPi
Zero into a bootable device
