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Ken at\u00a0The Maker’s Box<\/a>\u00a0has summed up the impact the Raspberry Pi made on PyCon this year:<\/p>\n

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  1. Eben Upton was the keynote speaker<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Everyone got a free Raspberry Pi!<\/li>\n
  3. There was an open-house Pi lab which covered everything from booting up to experimenting and debugging.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Read the full round-up here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Ken at\u00a0The Maker’s Box\u00a0has summed up the impact the Raspberry Pi made on PyCon this year: Eben Upton was the keynote speaker Everyone got a free Raspberry Pi! There was an open-house Pi lab which covered everything from booting up…<\/p>\n

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