Comment on Old PC as Server
glue_snorter@lemmy.sdfeu.org 10 months agoIt’s OK, but I’d suggest:
Atom > arm64 > arm32
Look for a NUC - they’re designed for desktop use, so they have more poke than a Pi. The N6005 CPU is a good choice, the N5105 is ok. These are x64, so you’ll have the widest range of packages. 4GB will do, if its upgradeable later. NUCs usually take SODIMMs, which you can pick up on ebay for peanuts.
solberg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
I found that booting and connecting over SSH went way faster once I got a better SD card. Running an install script that took half an hour was down to just a couple minutes
glue_snorter@lemmy.sdfeu.org 10 months ago
Hmm. I run mine off a usb3 ssd and it’s faster, but still slow.