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Comment on good alternatives to raspberry pi which are cheap and efficient?

uis@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

ARM just doesn’t have the same support for a lot of things you might want to self host

Like what? Person explicitly mentioned opensource software.

used thinclient PC

Usualy thay are cheap used, so it might work too

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floridaman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
ARM software support is just generally rough, yeah it’s good on RPi (and Mac) but on other boards it typically sucks, namely the cheaper boards OP would be buying. Here’s a couple software examples though, I’m a big docker user and just the other day I was trying to run I believe Mastodon and Lemmy on an ARM device but there was just no image for it. I’m sure I could build an image myself but for someone just getting into Homelabbing (like OP), x86 is the platform to use.

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- uis@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  ARM software support is just generally rough, yeah it’s good on RPi (and Mac) but on other boards it typically sucks, namely the cheaper boards OP would be buying.
  
  Let’s see… Not counting Rock64 which is popular and AARCH, I also have chinese noname Espada E-726 TV Box on Allwinner A10, that(box) nobody knew about. Built bootloader, built kernel, installed system on SD card, it works.
  
  I’m a big docker user and just the other day I was trying to run I believe Mastodon and Lemmy on an ARM device but there was just no image for it.
  
  Image (It’s a GIF)
  
  I’m sure I could build an image myself but for someone just getting into Homelabbing (like OP), x86 is the platform to use.
  
  It is easier to not use Docker.
  
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