# Raspbian on Intel/AMD **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [April 3, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspbian-on-intel-amd/7473 "2018-04-03T16:19:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PiguyAnge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/piguyange/32/11560_2.png) [@PiguyAnge](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/PiguyAnge)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspbian-on-intel-amd/7473/1 "2018-04-03T16:19:36Z")
just started using Raspbian for PC’s. I have to say this is awesome! What a game changer. Especially since you can use the GPIO of any pi zero w/o an micro sd in it. I am running on a almost 3ghz 4gb ram HP laptop. Took almost no time to download install and have a powerful system to do my pi work. would love to share possibilities with this. ---
**Author:** ![PiguyAnge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/piguyange/32/11560_2.png) [@PiguyAnge](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/PiguyAnge)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspbian-on-intel-amd/7473/2 "2018-04-03T17:21:14Z")
What I love, as a parent and open-source advocate, it has the most User and child friendly support known of any OS, let alone Linux OSes. I really hope to see educational organizations and schools recognize the low cost, hi-tech up-cycling of resources and vast free support available. ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspbian-on-intel-amd/7473/3 "2018-04-03T19:21:11Z")
Yeah, I’m running Debian with Raspberry Pi Desktop on my spare desktop. I also have a Pi Zero hooked up as a GPIO expander. I haven’t done anything constructive with the Zero’s GPIO. Many because I’ve never used GPIO Zero. It is handy for plugging in my Pi’s SD cards and getting full access when I need to snag a file from one or tweak something. ---
**Author:** ![PiguyAnge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/piguyange/32/11560_2.png) [@PiguyAnge](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/PiguyAnge)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspbian-on-intel-amd/7473/4 "2018-04-12T23:01:40Z")
I am using a HP Pavalion I dumpsterdived. 4gb ram, close to 3ghz, and a hard drive from a scrap ps3 that finally , after 4 yellow light of death fixes, had other issues not worth fixing. I use the VNC viewer to transfer my developed/developing code etc. to a headless pi or just one across the room/house. It also offers better storage for a home network using this more powerful yet getting obsolete desktop/laptops. we use this laptop as just any everyone system as well, watching media, scratch , filming etc…This is the system I let my children use with more freedom (besides our newer ps3). The system I allow my 3 kids 9 & under access media…besides their tablets which I regulate. My oldest loves animating, having access to all the open-source from the pi community is great, not sketchy like thousands of android apps or pirated software. All 3 of my kids have raspberry pi’s. Kano is wonderful for the younger and new to pi, but overall we are a Raspbian family. I am proud to say the operating systems my childern are growing up with is linux, much like I was a fluent Ms-Dos child (from version TRs-DOs & BAsIC to Ms-DOs up to version 6). I support and endorse the opensource ideology. One day I hope some people somewhere start opensourcing Medicine and energy technologies. It is only a matter of time the more people we can turn onto open-source platforms where they understand it and its immense potentials.