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jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Yer Pis are good for lots of stuff, just not such great home servers. Bit under powered for the money and not good for disks. I’m still a bit grumpy they aren’t more of a normal ARM device with U-Boot. Yes I know you can add U-Boot, but it has it’s own (closed) fat boot loader, rather than something minimal as normal.

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Rosco@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Yeah clearly not the optimal choice here, but I think it’s enough for my use-case. The form factor is also something I can appreciate, as I move around quite a bit. When I’ll get a more permanent home, I’ll definitively take something more appropriate

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- jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’d say the form factor, assuming a big USB disk attached, is less portable than a single box, but what ever works for you. But whatever works for you. Just trying to stop draw e-waste of Pis bought for the wrong job.
  
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  - Rosco@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    That’s a perfectly valid concern, there’s a lot of PIs out there that are dust collectors or paper weights unfortunately. You know what, If I can find an second-hand Optiplex or ThinkCentre for cheap maybe i’ll use that instead!
    
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    jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    For server use, I sadly think that is wise.
    
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