+1, Really not sure why these reviewers are going on about its rendering capabilities, its quite adequate for learning python or C++ on and totally overkill for any embedded projects (Think Arduino on steroids).
Once some optimisation work is done I think people will be amazed by what it can do.
I can picture myself starting a Raspberry Pithon hacking club. :)
Also: I want to write a port/clone of Elite, in Python, that runs on the Raspberry Pi. A tribute to Braben. On the other hand, I would not be surprised if he's already done something like that himself, as a "test" of the system.
Once some optimisation work is done I think people will be amazed by what it can do.