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Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months agoBut why? It doesn’t need that for anything. Just plug an old computer in via HDMI and bookmark movie-web.app or download/stream stuff from anywhere. Much better quality, interface, and no jank.
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 11 months ago
Just depends on what you need it for, and what youre trying to plug into it.
For example, some people dont have spare computers to turn into a mini server, but do have $60 and the time to fiddle with a raspberry pi.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Mines a 14 year old gateway you could prolly get for free or under 100, much more powerful than a RPi. Using Windows 10 on it with zero issue.
I do have a couple Pis next to it but those don’t hook up to any screens, I just tunnel into em.
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 11 months ago
Not that theres anything wrong with your setup, but if Ive not got a spare pc or laptop, Id rather get the new pi than risk cheap older hardware that might fail sooner than later if all its gonna do is basically play as a pi.
Plus, like. Pi’s are cool. All compact and efficient. Adorable little motherboards.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Oh totally! But this ancient machine plays better video than my pi 4b 4GB (which now is my headless server.) Surprisingly, it DESTROYS the performance of a Pi 4b even though my Pi runs off a solid state drive too.
This ancient PC was my Grampa’s originally. I recommended a much cheaper machine for what he did. He told me “this is the last computer I’ll ever buy.” I told him to not be silly.
He was correct.
It lives on, though. It’s got a SSD now and more RAM, but it plays 1440p perfectly and runs 24/7… and has been running 24/7 for years. It used to also torrent, but the HDD died and my server RPi is gonna torrent too eventually.
deezbutts@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Lol all that work to protect yourself and then you put win10 on it
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
It won’t take any distro of Linux I’ve tried :c
I have debloated and de-telemetried 10 though, it’s a very basic LTSC install with everything turned off. I don’t think that’s much of a security issue.