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    Pi-based entertainment

    Feb 11, 2020 4 minutes

    You don’t have to use your Pi to learn Python, Linux, electronics, or anything at all really (although remember, knowledge is power – Ed). It has also got the potential to be a cheap and cheerful source of entertainment for you. So here are a few top project ideas to keep you happy.

    Media box

    Unusually in the company, – which dubs itself “just enough OS for Kodi”— has kept pace with the Pi 4 and appears to be providing regular updates. That makes setting up a Pi 4 as a Kodi box absolutely trivial. Head to , grab the Raspberry Pi 4 image from the downloads section, and write it to a card with . There’s a whole seedy streaming subculture of Kodi.

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