Comment on Old PC as Server

• glue_snorter@lemmy.sdfeu.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s OK, but I’d suggest:

  Atom > arm64 > arm32

  Look for a NUC - they’re designed for desktop use, so they have more poke than a Pi. The N6005 CPU is a good choice, the N5105 is ok. These are x64, so you’ll have the widest range of packages. 4GB will do, if its upgradeable later. NUCs usually take SODIMMs, which you can pick up on ebay for peanuts.

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  • solberg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It was slow to boot and slow over ssh.

    I found that booting and connecting over SSH went way faster once I got a better SD card. Running an install script that took half an hour was down to just a couple minutes

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    • glue_snorter@lemmy.sdfeu.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hmm. I run mine off a usb3 ssd and it’s faster, but still slow.

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