10 years of Raspberry Pi

Almost exactly ten years ago today, thousands of you set your alarms, and woke on leap-day morning to discover that we’d started selling Raspberry Pi computers. By the time our all-volunteer team gathered in the pub that evening for celebratory drinks, our licensees Farnell and RS Components had taken over 100,000 orders (despite struggling to keep their websites online under the load); we had (briefly) out-trended Lady Gaga; and Raspberry Pi was on the road to becoming a little larger than we’d planned.

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[JeffGeerling]

Thank *you* very much, Eben and crew. The Raspberry Pi has made a massive impact on the computer industry, and may it continue to do so, bringing in new fresh minds and inspiring new ideas for the next 10 years (and beyond)!

[khun_le]

For me, Raspberry Pi is one of the coolest inventions of 21st century.

[EvanOfTheDarkness]

I currently have 4 Raspberry Pi-s. A zero as a DNS server (pihole), a 3B+ for retro games, a 4B as a Git and build server and a Zero 2 for experimenting. Without a doubt they are the most useful, most versatile computers in existence today.

[ErikUden]

10 years of Pi, yet I could never imagine to live without them. The company behind the Raspberry Pi is one of the few non-corrupt companies on the whole planet earth, keep it up, guys. You never disappoint me.

[DIYTinkerer]

The Raspberry Pi not only engaged kids, it engaged makers to supercharge their creations, the GPIO is the real USP, thanks Eban and team, you guys really rock, happy anniversary.

[JR-ejbs]

I'm 18 and daily driving Linux today, mainly because of the Raspberry Pi. I don't remember why I bought it back in the time, but i loved tinkering with it. Playing with GPIO pins to make LED blink or creating a Minecraft Server for me to play with my friend made so much of an experience. I'm now heading into a computer science eduction and I wanted to thank you so much with this comment. ❤👍

[walliswizard]

LOVE this. Like so many of us of that era, I started on home computers, learnt programming, and went to college followed by a job in IT. It is definitely not the same anymore, but the team at Pi are doing an amazing and valuable job in changing that. I wish you all continued success.

[DavidLopez-ddhx]

This is so nostalgic for me, tinkering with Rasberry Pi in the early 2010s were the most memorable times of my teenage years.

[mattyk]

Literally changing the world. Thank you people of PI and the PI community.

[nihalatwal]

Thank you so much Raspberry Pi team... My first introduction into Linux, self hosting, and a bunch more was from the RPi. I initially got one to run Retropie because I just wanted a retro console that I can carry around. I didn't understand much of what this thing was, other than the fact that I could follow a few steps and get a cheap console. One thing lead to another and I discovered many more projects and now I've developed a deep interest in computing overall. I've learnt a lot of things since, but I attribute all of it to the interest induced by the RPi i bought in 2017. Thank you for rebuilding a generation of enthusiasts.

[Satoshinork]

I bought a Raspberry Pi so I could research my studies, today it's been 1 year since I bought a Raspberry Pi 4b 32 bit, and I don't regret it. I want to be able to improve my setup and be able to make a living from programming and be able to make my dreams come true! If, one day, I am going to tell my story one day, the Raspberry Pi will have a special role in that path. Detail: I've been using Raspberry Pi as my main PC since the beginning!

[pradeepkliyanage]

Pi 4 is my first Raspberry which I built and NAS around. Running for a year now, no issues whatsoever. Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and ESP were the best things that happened to me in my life even if I'm not a computer engineer or a full-time programmer, I could build so many useful inventions and tools around them. Thank you everyone <3

[.shankercs]

PI is the reason why I got into programming and computing in linux. Thank you

[fattomandeibu]

Excellent work. As a middle aged hobbyist on a part-time minimum wage budget, the Pi is almost like a dream come true. I've used one in 2 projects so far, 1 serious and 1 fun project, and both were excellent value and have more than enough CPU power/RAM to do the job.

The first one I bought was a bit of fun, but also really helpful. As someone who has loved video games since I was a small child and still own the vast majority of my gear, and use a lot of it semi-regularly, the hassle and mess of having so many systems(upwards of 10 at the time) semi-setup(my TV only has 2 HDMIs and 1 SCART, and I only have 2 spare plug sockets without risking overload), so setting up a Pi with the Batocera emulation system was amazing. Now what used to take up over half of my room is now done by 2 game consoles(the Pi doesn't have the power to emulate later systems, obviously) and a computer what is, for lack of better term, the size of a box of cigarettes. It also helped massively in that two of my older systems(A1200 and C64) were suffering from data loss due to natural bit rot on magnetic media.

The second is a NAS drive that I use to store backup disk images of every drive in my house using OpenMediaVault. The entire thing cost less than £150, and that includes an 8TB hard disk. I can now effectively lose a hard disk/SSD, and be up and running with minimal data loss in the time it takes to buy a replacement drive.

I can't wait to see what you'll do in the future.

[dcx]

The Raspberry Pi is the reason I work as a programmer now. It's what accelerated my learning of Linux and Python. Got my first one in 2013 in 7th grade. Thank you for everything.

[Jmcinally]

I remember ordering my first Pi, it was a Pi 1 Model B. The idea of having a tiny computer as small as a credit card is what excited me, plus I had some experience running Linux.

It took couple of years of maturity (both for me and the Pis themselves) before I truly understood the potential of having these small, energy efficient machines for home projects. Now I have loads of Pis and Pi Zero Ws dotted around the place (along with ESPs as well). Running as streaming servers for music and video. Managing ambient LEDs behind my TV. Controlling my entire smart home and collecting sensor data. Things I know my younger self would be in awe of.

Thanks for a glorious 10 years!

[blazefright]

My first experience with operating systems and code in general was on the a Pi,
Now I'm in school for game design and coding.
Without the Pi I dont think I would've gone this way in life

[TotallyBCK]

a raspberry pi was one of the best things that i have ever bought. i can play games, use the web (mostly), and you can put it in basically any project you can think of!

[adk]

Wonderful story. Started myself with a ZX81 and evolved to a Raspberry Pi 400. I love it! Thanks for the story behind it.

[vssc]

My first computer in the 80s, was an Acorn Electron as well, and then an Apple Macintosh SE-30 in the early 90s. This year in 2022, I am back to basic and have a Raspberry Pi 400 and a Raspberry Pi Pico. I must congratulate the developer and his team that brought to the world a simple and well-built computer for everyone. This computer would change the world for the better. Thank you very much! Viva Raspberry Pi.