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If you want to host something on a Raspberry Pi, you should consider using literally any other piece of hardware (toad.work)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There are a lot of reasons not to give them your money. They're assholes to the maker community and they openly talk shit on a lot of their customer base. That's beside the point, though, really.

It's just not a spectacular option for hosting. In order to get a Rpi competitive with even the shittiest laptop from 7 years ago, you're going to end up spending more than you would spend on a decent laptop from 7 years ago.

If it is a computer that turns on, it will likely function orders of magnitude better than an Rpi and won't bind you to ARM architecture. My entire hosting setup was pulled out of a recycling pile for free. Install ubuntu/ubuntu server and enjoy yourself.

If you intend on spending any amount of money on this hobby, I cannot express enough how much I recommend against any of that money going toward a Raspberry Pi.

EDIT: A lot of you seem to be reading this as "Raspberry Pis are all nonfunctional" and getting mad about it. Don't do that.

Edit 2: Good to see that all the stupid parts of reddit made it here

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

Not OP, but my Lenovo tiny computer on ebay is about $60 and will run circles around a raspberry pi

Power usage isn't too much higher, it's upgradeable, and it's x86-64 architecture so more things are supported.

My tiny has an i7 and was a bit more expensive, but it's a powerful little guy. I added more ram for a total of 32, and it does better than my "old" server (technically from same era).

Can't speak for the other stuff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Same with the HP elite desks, and don't forget you can get off lease Chromebooks with much better specs than pi for ~$60 as well

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The EliteDesks are nice, but beware top venting if you're planning to stack them vertically

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah if someone is planning to stack I would definitely suggest they make sure they aren't buying the top venting models

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