I’d go with a corporate hand me down just for sustainability. Those tend to be in decent shape and can be had for reasonable prices. Buying second hand is always a bit of a lottery but so is buying chinesium.
Comment on Mini PC for Jellyfin
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 2 days ago
Someone linked a list of Mini-PCs here: https://lemmy.world/post/19837516
I think the N100 sounds good.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 1 day ago
Sure. I usually do the same thing. The laptop on which I'm typing right now is a refurbished Dell one and I really prefer a bit older enterprise hardware to new consumer hardware. Nice build quality, no nonsense and Linux runs great on that device. And it cost me a fraction of a new device. However with the intended use-case of a media center I'm not sure. Intel always adds hardware acceleration in their iGPUs and the modern codecs are quite demanding. I wouldn't buy an older generation that doesn't really support AV1. I'm not sure if hardware from 2 years ago can do that. And if someone buys a new TV set which supports HDR or something and then the recently bought, refurbished media center is out of date again... that also doesn't help. Maybe I'd buy a new one in this case and just use it for the next 10 years. That's also sustainable.
theorangeninja@lemmy.today 1 day ago
So back to beelink on amazon?
myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 1 day ago
FWIW: I’m running jellyfin and a whole host of other services on a Beelink with an Intel n95 and 8gb of ram. Runs like a champ.
Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 2 days ago
I bought a “cheap chinesium” one a couple of months back and have not regretted it (yet). It does what it claimed it would.
The one I bought: Aoostar R1
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
How much did you end up paying? Did you have to pay tax, customs fees etc? $200 sounds almost too good to be true. Do you run Linux on it? Any driver issues? I’m looking for a replacement for my NAS right now. On paper this one looks pretty good.
Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 1 day ago
I opted for the version with RAM and drives for $270. had to pay shipping, but no import tax (lucky me). So all in all it was about $300 for me.
And yes I run Linux on it. Arch Linux to be precise. Have not encountered any driver issues.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Cool. Thanks for the info.
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Holy shit! This is the first one of these things I’ve seen with SATA slots
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 1 day ago
Uuhh, that's a cute little trash can. Now fit that with the maximum of RAM it supports and two 12TB harddrives... And it'll do more media center and NAS than the average person needs.
Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 1 day ago
Exactly. It handles Jellyfin + other services very well.
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 1 day ago
Add some googly eyes if it "lives" in the living room. They fit right above the switch which would then become the nose.
Yeah back when I needed storage (quite some years ago) the mini pcs were less capable and more pricey, so I ended up building a NAS myself. It's a regular, yet very power efficient PC. But due to size, it doesn't fit next to the TV. If I'd do the same thing today, I'd certainly consider a machine like this.