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Run the best Pi 4 OS

New hardware is very exciting, and the natural response to a spiced-up Pi would be to abuse it to the max. So why not use it as a full PC? Yes, it has always been technically possible to use a Pi as a functioning desktop PC. Even the Raspberry Pi 1 Model B, with its 512MB RAM and 700MHz ARMv6 CPU could manage a rudimentary desktop, in much the same way as you can force a Commodore 64 to run a GUI or even a Linux analog if you’re crazy. Of course, those with long memories will remember PCs of yesteryear running with far lighter specs, but they weren’t the size of a credit card, with a severely limited architecture.

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