Mine has an internal USB so you can open it up pretty easily and install any version of Linux you prefer. Not sure what model you bought, but I would assume you can too.
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AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk 2 days agoI have one, but I feel pretty burned by them since the model I bought was immediately outdated because the next hardware version after mine was a new cpu arcitechure, and the new software updates don’t support the old architecture. I think they moved from arm to x86 or something like that. So I’m stuck with old software that’s no longer supported, only a year or two after I bought the up to date model.
And, yeah, as the other commenter noted, it does feel quite like you’re using knock-off software. Remoting into it doesn’t really fill me with confidence. Maybe it’s fine but it just looks/feels like the cheap and shitty version of something more reputable. So, since I have a pi anyway I’m considering just moving all my NAS/plex data to an external drive attached to my pi.
ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee 2 days ago
AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk 2 days ago
I probably could, but frankly it’s not worth the effort when my pi is already set up the way I like, and is more powerful. I don’t see the advantage of trying to hack the nas into shape when its hardware is atrocious anyway.
It has 1GB of ram and the CPU scores 131 on geekbench: browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/20874021
My pi has 8GB of ram and scores 1018 on geekbench, and cost half as much (~£90-100 vs I think ~£180-190).
What do you find is the advantage of the nas if it’s outperformed by the cheaper pi?
ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee 1 day ago
That stinks. I have the F4-424 Pro and I love it.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Like you said, sketchy OS, that is probably less performant than Linux and may not get proper security updates.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Exactly, what’s the point?