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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • Well, i’d ditch that one for it’s power consumption (65w tdp is like a lot for a server) but that may not be an issue to you. Situations differ, needs differ. I had a quick look around at eBay and the like where I am and all I could get for that price was a crappy i3 4xxx or comparable, so you might see why the raspberry is a good offer to me.

    That’s why I’m against flat-out “yeah, the pi is not worth it” or “the pi is the bee’s knees” statements. It’s a tool among many and ought to be used as such and I dislike when there is this mob mentality pro or Contra anything. The pi has it’s uses and there are.many cases where it’s not the ideal option. I’ll never recommend the pi or anything else flat out.


  • Which nuc did you get for that money? Is that NUC actually faster than the Pi 5? I’ve seen a ton of people claiming this and then it actually wasn’t. I mean, it that’s what’s on offer where you live, great! It’s certainly harder to find where I am. Is an SD card that expensive where you are? I mean, a SanDisk Extreme blahblah 256gb is 25 bucks here. Case costs about 5 to 10 bucks. Power supply is Free. Most ppl have a USB power supply capable of running a pi at hand.

    Why wouldn’t the zero 2w have the ability to run peripherals? Of course it can. Besides: why would I want to run peripherals and a display on my pihole?





  • Look, I don’t know why there is so much Opposition to the pi,.since it’s just one of many tools we have at our disposal to get stuff done the way we want it and I don’t get why there has to be an objective best all around solution. If the Pi is what you are looking for: buy that, it’s nice that it has the things it has, it’s relatively low power and it’s tiny. If you are looking for more, buy more.

    Of course there is faster stuff that’s older. For my setup, I want tiny and I want fast enough to host low-performance stuff like Home assistant, Baby buddy, an art stack, you get the jist. For this purpose a Pi that.goes into a literal drawer was exactly the thing I was looking for. It’s basically used to replace the VPS I have for security sensitive stuff (Vaultwarden). So “marginally more power” is still wasted power for me. It sits in a tiny cabinet next to my router now, happily serving me the wheel of time audiobooks and telling me when my.kid has.last eaten.