“Much smoother experience, more responsive than the raspberry pi 3, it holds basically infinite possibilities, if you're planning to get one for learning and tinkering, dont forget to pick a camjam edukit as well”
“Using Pi 3B+ to replace my aged desktop as backup file store.
Really easy to get started and so far going well.
Impressed with value and functionality available for modest outlay!!”
“I really like the fact that this latest Pi (3B+) has WiFi and Bluetooth built in. It's really nice not having to deal with dongles, and all of the clutter that comes with them. And the performance of this new processor is breathtaking... it's very fast, and faster is better! But...
I continue to be disappointed with the lack of support for headless operation. By that, I simply mean there are some easy things that could be done to make the setup process less obtuse. Someone made a good decision when they decided against BIOS, and opted to make `/boot` a FAT partition that can be easily edited. Currently, users are "allowed" to enable SSH, and put up an initial WiFi configuration before installing the SD card and booting. But that's not good enough, IMHO.
For example, one still faces arcane, ill-defined procedures to discover the IP address of the new Pi! What good is SSH enabled, if you don't know the host's IP address?! There is an easy solution for this, and if the Raspbian "keepers" can't be bothered to cure these annoyances, they should at least open up `/boot` to provide more capability and allow the users to fix it themselves! There are literally hundreds of config items that could be set up in `/boot`... imagine various "standard recipes" tailored to a specific network environment or usage for those that are less familiar with Linux admin. The Raspbian keepers needn't create these recipes, but they should at minimum provide the means for the user base to do so.”
