A Minimum Viable Computer, or Linux for $15

Re:A Minimum Viable Computer, or Linux for $15 by omair_inam on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @11:37AM (#30087699)

What I'd love for someone to share is the MVP Linux machine I can use to run PiHole... Starter Raspberry Pis (e.g. by Canakit) ... are >$150 CAD on amazon.ca which just seems so expensive.

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Re:A Minimum Viable Computer, or Linux for $15 by sigstoat on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @12:30PM (#30088599)

the canakit packages are luxury items with a bunch of stuff you don't need.

get a pi, an sd card, a power supply, and a cardboard box to shove it into. you don't need any of the other stuff they include.

also get an old pi, not one of the most recent. maybe ask around, lots of folks have a box of older pis. i'd certainly love to get rid of all of the 1s and 2s i've got.

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Re:A Minimum Viable Computer, or Linux for $15 by iso1210 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @12:25PM (#30088504)

Mine runs on a years-old Raspberry Pi Model B Rev 2. A Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ (which has an ethernet port), SD Card and case is about £40 at pihut, that's CAD70

A Zero 2 W with wireless is half that or less including the case, SD Card and power supply.

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Re:A Minimum Viable Computer, or Linux for $15 by unnouinceput on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @12:07PM (#30088179)

I run PiHole on a pi zero for like 2 years now. It costed me around $20 when I bought it, retail price, delivery included. Works like a charm

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