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Re:Considerations for a long-running Raspberry Pi by jccooper on Saturday February 17, 2024 @01:28PM (#39411987)
Pis are expensive? A Pi 4 and all accessories is about $100. Where am I going to do better? Every time someone says this I go look at NUCs and other minis and I don't see anything cheaper.
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Re:Considerations for a long-running Raspberry Pi by kiwijamo on Saturday February 17, 2024 @06:20PM (#39414502)
For me when I consider the cost of my time the Raspi in my experience is much more expensive. I've enjoyed my experiment with the Raspi but honestly would have saved si much time and hassle if I'd just went with a cheap x86 machine. My first Raspi will also be my last.
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Re:Considerations for a long-running Raspberry Pi by LeafItAlone on Sunday February 18, 2024 @12:27PM (#39420984)
What were you doing that wasted time?

They are so widely used and well documented that for typical uses, they are no more complicated to do than an x86, in my experience.

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