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The world is inundated with these over-the-top analogies now. People can't exaggerate just a little, they have to go full nuclear. And when dealing with a lot of sensitive subjects, it negatively affects a lot of people. I'm looking forward to a generation that swings the other way and goes super-literal on everything.
Aren’t “inundated” and “full nuclear” exaggerations too?
If someone would build a Linux-friendly competetor to the ARM64 Mac Mini, I would consider that for my home computer. As it is, I either have to stick with x86_64, go to Apple, or have an under-powered RPi.
Why ARM specifically? Many Linux packages are not ported to ARM. Furthermore, non-Apple ARM CPUs are much slower. There are lots of fanless x86_64 options that are also energy efficient if you are willing to buy from small manufacturers or stick a fanless case yourself. The M1 performs so well partly because it uses a very advanced fabrication process. A modern Ryzen is going to have comparable single-core performanc…
Huh? I've been working with ARM based systems for years and this hasn't been an issue since, like, 2015. ARM support on Linux has been very good.
Steam deck is a good option as well and you have great control out of the box of power draw.
Although Pi's aren't obtainable for $35 anymore, a Deck is in a different price category. I prefer used SFF machines.
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you can't just call everything a figure of speech and use that as license to say what you want. words have meaning.
> you can't just call everything a figure of speech When you say "everything", do you mean literally everything, or was that a figure of speech?
What is the point for a consumer to use a Raspberry PI 4 today? I recently purchased a mini PC with an Intel N5105, 16GB of Ram, 512GB NVME SSD, two gigabit ethernet ports, two HDMI ports, many USB ports, and Wifi 6. This system was $180, all in. You can't find a Pi 4, much less one with equivalent specs for anywhere near this price. If you can find it, an 8GB PI4 is $75 and then you need to buy the case, power suppl…
While a Pi can be used to browse the internet a bit and write some text, i would not want to endure the low performance for anything even slightly more heavy weight. I absolutely hate to wait for slow compile times, long startup times, slow disk writes and laggy browsers. All of which you will get on a Pi. The sad truth is that for no reason a lot of modern software is super bloated and eats resources like crazy. And…
>I absolutely hate to wait for slow compile times, long startup times, slow disk writes and laggy browsers. All of which you will get on a Pi. Undeniably correct - but if you use your Pi or any other SBC as a poor man's VDI terminal, in other words, using it to remote into a better computer elsewhere, then it's kind of OK. Personally I still found it too slow and laggy for my taste and instead used an Intel NUC. Ther…