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Raspberry Pi 400 review, the keyboard with an almost complete computer inside. I tried several versions of Linux (Raspberry OS, Manjaro ARM, Ubuntu 20.10) to understand which one could give me more flexibility and I replicated my setup with the Herbstluftwm tiling windows manager. #RaspberryPi 400 uses a Broadcom Cortex-A72 Quad Core SoC at 1.8 GHz (but it can be overclocked up to 2.2 GHz), has 4 GB of RAM, Wi-Fi ac and Bluetooth 5.1, two microHDMI video outputs up to 4K, three USB ports, a microSD for the #Linux operating system (but it can also be booted from USB) and a 40-pin GPIO connector to connect expansion cards. Final review: • https://riccardo.im/recensioni/raspbe... Raspberry Pi 400 costs about 75 euros in the version with only the keyboard, and about 100 euros in the Kit version with mouse, cables, power supply, microSD and guide book to start programming. It is also available with an Italian layout. I used it for days with VSCode, Firefox, Chromium, various terminals, Polybar, LibreOffice and various types of software. The performance is adequate for basic use but it is a lot of fun to make a computer out of it to develop software, play with the hardware, learn Linux and programming. Replicate my setup: • / riccardopalombo Index: 00:00 - I was wrong! 01:00 - Frame and construction 01:55 - Technical specifications 02:17 - Ports and connections 03:55 - How to disassemble it 04:55 - Keyboard and heatsink 06:45 - Motherboard 08:12 - How to reassemble it 09:12 - Raspberry OS, Ubuntu and Manjaro ARM 10:30 - My setup with Herbstluftwm 11:26 - Stress test, temperatures and overclock 13:30 - Final considerations Raspberry Pi 400 can be disassembled and reassembled without any effort. In the video I explain why it makes sense to study a modification and install it inside a different frame, perhaps that of a mechanical keyboard or an old PC. Follow me also on: • / riccardopalombo • / riccardopalombo • https://t.me/riccardopalombo