HI. I am a retired Canadian living part time in Asia. I have time on my hands and have wanted to learn about Linux based systems for a while and have just ( Feb 25, 2025) completed assembling a Pironman 5 and have it running. It has been interesting and fun. Satisfying. I hope to be able to learn to put some kits together and experiment with the GPIO pinout portion. However if it is not convenient on the Pironman 5, then I will purchase some other Raspberry Pi or other SBCs and just have fun.