Let’s say, one is in need of a replacement of its PC (something went horribly wrong with it, exploded or something), would it be more “permacomputable” to replace it with a new Raspberry Pi (as a daily driver of course), or a used PC?

  • pudcollar@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    8 months ago

    The RPI is a much better server, even with a 4 you gotta struggle with it to get streaming video. If you have a lot of firefox tabs open right now, look elsewhere.

  • TheBaldness@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I buy old used Chromeboxes for less than $50 on Ebay, and then liberate the BIOS so you can install any OS you want. Some of them draw less than 5W at idle and maybe 11W under load. Here’s the BIOS hack:

    https://mrchromebox.tech/