is it with or without a cooling fan?
Without, there's a big heatsink inside meaning a fan isn't required.
Raspberry Pi 500+
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#222That's a nice gadget. But now: raspeberry's company has tons of money and demonstrated its ability to deliver good quality, inexpensive computers. So WHY don't they make a linux mobile PHONE ? That would change a lot of things
The problem of a Linux phone is not the hardware, it's the software. Are you doing to run a desktop OS on it? No. And if you want something like Android but not Android itself, how are you getting enough quality apps made? What about things like banking apps, who is going to port those?
While I would like a pure Linux phone, I think the only reasonable course of action is Android with something like Samsung's DeX on top. Maybe that is something they could do, but I don't see this happening any time soon.
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You can buy a near mint lenovo l14 gen 3 from 2022 for $200. I know this because I bought one for my in-laws a few days ago.
Why that specific model, tho? I'm looking for something like that. Are there other worthy models?
To harp on avhon's point, ThinkPads have specific lines where most parts are made to be easily replaceable: the RAM, SSD, wi-fi card, fans etc. are user accessible. Not all ThinkPads do, so you need to at least care about the line (X, P, T, E, etc., it's a whole world), and check the repair guides and community reception.
Panasonic also has a stellar reputation in that regard.
Bear in mind they will break and you'll be hunting for parts, it's just a lot easier and viable than some other laptops.
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Or you just learn to compute blind
Did this when I built a server with integrated graphics only to find that the motherboard somehow didn't support it
Mobo integrated graphics require CPU support. Maybe you bought one of the slightly cheaper Intel "F" chips without realising it lacks the graphics support?
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If you are going down this path, an N150 machine is cheaper, more flexible (Windows), more readily available, brand new, and performant enough for all the above use-cases. An old Mac Mini makes no sense to me.
Ah, the N150 machines are around $400-500 for me in the NUC. In that case it'd make sense to go for a new M4 Mini for $400 at Costco or student prices.
They are £150-£250 on Amazon right now. Cheaper if you buy elsewhere and wait 2 weeks for delivery. $400 is not a realistic price, are you looking at something else?
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#226Re: Raspberry Pi 500+
#227That's a nice gadget. But now: raspeberry's company has tons of money and demonstrated its ability to deliver good quality, inexpensive computers. So WHY don't they make a linux mobile PHONE ? That would change a lot of things
The problem of a Linux phone is not the hardware, it's the software. Are you doing to run a desktop OS on it? No. And if you want something like Android but not Android itself, how are you getting enough quality apps made? What about things like banking apps, who is going to port those? While I would like a pure Linux phone, I think the only reasonable course of action is Android with something like Samsung's DeX on…
You may be interested in this : https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Category:Interface
Those interfaces exists and are pretty mature compared to their current marketshare which is near zero.
What is missing though is a real developer/hacker community around Linux on mobile because even installing Linux on a smartphone is a huge PITA starting by being lucky enough to own or find a compatible terminal. Something from the Raspberry PI foundation with official support, clear and easy to buy would be absolutely groundbreaking and could became THE platform to develop Linux on smartphones.
Linux is really not that far behind, it just lacks a real community.
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Is it ... is it worth buying for the keyboard alone?
If it's just the keyboard appearance itself piquing your interest, you might check out the Keychron K3 (the brand has apparently grown a lot since I was last shopping around for keyboards, so it looks like they have a "K", "K Pro", and "K QMK" as well as several other "[Insert Letter Here]" lines of models now... back then all they had were K keyboards). To clarify, this is to say I'm looking on their website right n…
I have plenty of decent external keyboards about. I usually have to make my own. Keychrons are pretty decent except for the difficulty of updating the firmware and having to pay extra for proper back-lighting on some models.
The whole device pegs my nostalgia meter. It's almost like a C64, but it has a decent OS and now it has a better keyboard than the C64 ever had.
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#229$200 and still micro HDMI? No, thanks. Who is this product for? I've abandoned RPi after the rise of sub $200-PCs on Amazon, which usually come with power supply, on/off buttons, dual full size HDMIs, SSDs etc etc.
I have seen this comment a few times, why do people hate micro hdmi?
Micro HDMI is basically a non working connector. It baffles me how it was even approved. One of the requirements of a connector is to work. Micro HDMI doesn't work. Sure, it might look like it's working (if you take a picture of a connected device) but in practice it doesn't work. Just a slight touch and you're losing signal. Immediately one might think that their connector, cable or device are broken. And this is a very valid guess. But the connector is not broken by accident, it was broken by design. A consumer connector should not require an additional exoskeleton to work. It means it's broken by design if it does.
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I've noticed Raspberry Pi posts here always attract tons of negative comments, regardless of what the article is about.
I think that's a combination of things: 1) The company "sold out". That is, in times of limited supply they prioritized fulfilling large compute module orders instead of the hobbyist market that initially supported them. To be fair if I was running that company I'd have done the exact same thing, it's obviously the right financial choice. Just, you know, it'll sting for the market that was shunned. 2) They got expens…
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4) The penny-pinching RPi does on hardware: be it RTC, usb power kerfuffle or ARM crypto extensions (finally added in Pi 5)
5) accessory lock-down: see the situation with Pi cameras, or better yet DSI displays (CM4 datasheet: Although Linux kernel drivers are available, the DSI interface is not currently documented. Only DSI displays supported by the official Raspberry Pi firmware are supported.)
6) half-assed documentation (if you know, you know)
7) the ever-present marketing to compensate for the previous points, and the fact that it works
This is exacerbated by its popularity so people tend to treat raspberry pi as a hammer for all of their nails, while in many cases a 2$ mcu would suffice or a more network-capable SoC would be a much better fit (raspberry Pi NAS, pihole etc).