Ask HN: Recommend a small low-cost linux desktop computer

Posted by vanilla-almond on Friday January 05, 2018 @11:29AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I have a Windows 10 desktop machine, and although I could install Linux on either a partition or Virtual Machine (VM) I'm interested in getting a small desktop Linux computer instead (i.e. one without any peripherals or monitor).

I will probably use the command line in Linux more than a GUI desktop so the machine doesn't need to have powerful specs.

Any recommendations? Or should I go down the HD partition route? Or the VM route?

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend a small low-cost linux desktop computer by euvitudo on Friday January 05, 2018 @11:49AM (#16079693)

I recently bought one of these: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/boards-kits... and added 4GB RAM and a 120GB SSD for about US$230.

It runs as a TimeMachine backup server. It's reasonably fast and very quiet.

In the end, it really depends on what you want to do with it.

[Edit: If you want to go really cheap, get a Raspberry Pi.]

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend a small low-cost linux desktop computer by billconan on Friday January 05, 2018 @05:37PM (#16082388)

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/boards-kits...

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend a small low-cost linux desktop computer by antman1911 on Friday January 05, 2018 @12:21PM (#16079935)

Check out the fit-pc mintbox mini or mini pro.

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