“I just wanted to connect the pi zero to my home network and the internet.
I have played with ubuntu a while ago on my laptop, and that was easy and everything worked straight away.
The zero gets less cheap if you want to connect it.
I tried a cheap usb to utp stick, and it worked.
searching a program succeeded, but when i started to really download data by installing a media player for instance, the system froze and did not come to life.
A wifi dongle i had lying around did not work at all.
I know i am actually criticizing Linux instead of the Pi, and it probably has to do with the usb devices not being compatible enough, but i am used to windows which searches for a suitable driver.
The Pi (or Linux) doesn't even ask for a driver, It doesn't even see the device and says there is nothing available to connect with to my network.
I come from Windows, and I am a noob with Linux, and I am sure there is a way to make this al work....but, a whole evening trying to connect a 5 euro costing device, by examining wifi or utp to usb compatible chipsets is to much of an effort for me.”
“Ordered the zero essential pack. Came in a nice tin. Fast shipment to The Netherlands.
Don't forget to include a power source and SD card in your order.”
“Was able to get my Pi Zero when it was in stock. I would say that the website could be a bit clearer, that if you try and bundle out of stock items (eg 16GB memory card), it appears that the Pi Zero is out of stock when it isn't. That is why people are saying it was sold out after 1 minute. It took over 2 hours for it to sell out. I paid for next day delivery, and I received it the next day.”
“The PI Zero is tiny. At least compared to its bigger siblings. I've been used to using the Raspberry Pi 2, so my first impression when I started the Zero was; yawn... slow.
But it is anything but!
When price and size is factored in, it is actually quite a little performer that I'll be using for quite a few little projects going forward :-)”
