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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] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What if I care about power draw? Should I go for alternatives? BananaPi, OrangePi and so on?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you need reallllly low draw like for battery powered devices then a pi could be the right choice. But x86 low power mobile/laptop CPUs in the last 5 years or so can get really close to a pi for power usage.

I have 2 systems with passively cooled i3-7100u CPUs and they idle at like 2W of power draw each.

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

A lot more expensive tho. Eh, I use my Pi only for Syncthing anyways.

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

That depends, I paid around $70 each IIRC. So at the original $35 price the Pi was cheaper, but it seems like they all go for $50+ now.

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

They're more expensive, but check out ODroid H3+. Very low power consumption and great options for storage with pcie m.2 and on board SATA, and RAM slots.