[ale] Meet the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

[DJ-Pfulio]

On 03/16/2018 11:08 AM, Joey Kelly via Ale wrote:
> So what's a similarly-cheap alternative with at least 2GB RAM? These things 
> are great for non-GUI applications, but I have one I threw behind my TV that 
> chokes on youtube and/or firefox, even with a stripped-down DE.

Use something like OSMC, which it tailored for a r-pi platform.
Also, don't use wifi, go wired.  Makes all the difference.

I use a pi v2 with OSMC (Confluence theme) for entertainment stuff. With HDHR
network tuners, it handles live TV at 1080 resolutions as well.  Just needs the
$2 MPEG2 license.  I didn't bother with the h.264/AVC license, since playback is
free.  It is pretty stable and used many hours daily for music, video, TV.

osmc at osmc:~$ uptime
 11:41:24 up 30 days, 21:40,  1 user,  load average: 0.70, 0.64, 0.55