Re:Ask HN: Best Video Call Solution for Elderly
by dgorges on Monday June 22, 2020 @05:20AM
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This sounds like a great setup. Never heard of PineTab before - is the CPU powerful enough for live video encoding?
Re:Ask HN: Best Video Call Solution for Elderly
by camehere2saydis on Monday June 22, 2020 @06:08AM
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May be a little too underpowered actually.
There was a recent forum thread with users claiming the Pinebook Pro is somewhat usable with Jitsi Meet; and the Pinebook Pro has a more powerful CPU in it than the Pinebook which has the same chip as the Pinetab.
Maybe going with a refurbished Surface or similar would be a better option; talking to an elderly relative is an use case that hardly calls for open hardware.
It's a breeze to set up with NixOS as long as you're not afraid of the command line, and easy to remotely manage with SSH and fully reproducible configuration. Hit me up for a free sample VM :)