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4 pointsaaronday2mo ago3 comments

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chrisjj2mo ago

> If you buy a Raspberry Pi, the order of operations is simple. Go to the website, download the imager, pick your board, and you’re good.

What? Do RPis no longer work OOTB?

MaiSck2mo ago

Did they ever come with SD cards with the OS preloaded?

chrisjj2mo ago

Sorry. Checking now, I find I was wrong.

And even the "The premium desktop computer" model on the RPi wesite today arrives unusable until the user provides an OS via another computer.

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