Those usually can't even run a linux kernel, so you directly compile your program in C, you run it and that's it.
It's very light on power, which mean can be turned all day without worry.
To be honest I don't know how I would use this, because it's really really minimalist, doesn't have wifi, not enough memory to run a lightweight webserver, too slow to run a python interpreter...
I wish there was something in-between a micro controller and the raspberry pi, so I can just run a minimalist webserver with some SSH, no usb plugs, only wifi. The raspberry also must also explicitly sets the SD card as read only, because it has a limited lifespan.
The rpi is cool, but I wish there was a cheap, entirely open smartphone, that should be the next step... I guess there is a market for it, geeks would really buy it. I'm not a fan of building android apps, and most smartphone specs are way too fast and expensive for what I would do with them.
