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Ask HN: Does anyone use a single-board computer for their PC?

3 pointsby toomanyducksover 4 years ago
I know the Raspberry Pi marketing has been extremely centered on use as a cheap PC lately, but I can really only use my (admittedly kind of old) rPi as a NAS. Does anyone use an rPi or something similar as their main PC, and if so, what are the details of your setup?

2 comments

Mister_Xover 4 years ago
Mr. Nobody here...<p>I tried using my RasPi3 as a stand alone box for a few days, but it was too feeble.<p>It&#x27;s not an SBC, but I&#x27;m currently running a Chuwi LarkBox Pro for the last 2 weeks.<p>Chuwi LarkBox Pro Stats: Intel Celeron J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz × 4 mem 5.6 GiB Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 605 Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon ver 4.8.6 kernal 5.4.0-65-generic Win10 dual boot, but only use Win for a video chat app that isn&#x27;t ported to Linux.<p>Yeah, I needed a usb hub with a NIC, but it works just fine.<p>It&#x27;s been working without troubles for basic email, web surfing, text editing, spreadsheet, etc., handles 25+ tabs in Firefox, video plays fine, I have no need for 4k content.<p>It&#x27;s likely not up to tasks like video editing, but audio editing on Audacity is great.<p>Can&#x27;t beat the price if one is on a strict budget like I am.<p>SBC&#x27;s keep getting more powerful, so soon they&#x27;ll be ready for a single box replacement, some good looking boards coming out these days.
eimrineover 4 years ago
The brand new Raspberry Pi costs as much as used laptop&#x27;s motherboard with a core2duo processor so I think nobody does this.
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