{"id":8151,"date":"2014-03-04T09:18:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T09:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=8151"},"modified":"2014-03-04T09:18:52","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T09:18:52","slug":"kano-beta-review-by-raspberrypi-iv-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8151","title":{"rendered":"Kano beta review by #RaspberryPi IV Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ksr\/projects\/751802\/photo-main.jpg?resize=560%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just spotted this on Twitter. Matt Manning of Raspberry Pi IV Beginners has shot a video review of the Kano OS beta. He covers a lot of what the OS gives you and gives his very frank and honest opinion on the whole enterprise. 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