Re: Rpi considerations

On 2024-06-08 21:54, Chris Elvidge wrote:

On 08/06/2024 at 19:52, Daniel wrote:

Hey guys
My desktop workhorse, in the den, is a very old first gen Intel I3 with
8gb or ram. When I obtained it, the device was being resold at a mom&pop
A headless Rpi4 as a VM server and setup a VM with the latetest Kubuntu
LTS.

You do realise RPi is an ARM machine not an x86(_64) so VMs will also be
ARM. Kubuntu + ARM doesn't seem to exist.

if OP needs an x64 intel compatible - then look at ebay.
And look for thin clients - usually fanless like this one
It is a

ThinClient Fujitsu Futro S930 AMD Quad Core GX-424CC 2.4GHz 8GB 16GB +
Power Supply



<https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355677810197?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20231107084023%26meid%3D30156f723fe444b7abff617fccf0d11b%26pid%3D101875%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D305597868976%26itm%3D355677810197%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D4429486%26algv%3DSimplAMLv11WebTrimmedV3MskuWithLambda85KnnRecallV1V2V4ItemNrtInQueryAndCassiniVisualRankerAndBertRecallWithVMEV3EmbeddedAuctionsCPCAutoWithCassiniEmbRecallManual%26brand%3DFujitsu&_trksid=p4429486.c101875.m1851&itmprp=cksum%3A35567781019730156f723fe444b7abff617fccf0d11b%7Cenc%3AAQAJAAABgP9d%252BMZSXlztIfYFu3kI%252B7ft0VcQix7rTrUVdiJwc2upzwLfM%252B2UEqu0ZqdXqu2qWe6up6s9MSEY%252BWikIwEh4xLkizL%252BG%252Fyhg6cdW4xfkbb75erVQBYYISNxGN1au%252BE0eJ778JYYSAyLJRupNiZky3B2UHpMsaEp7JRgW9fuueOszPlG9eCPE4mSzJx4EejjZE0v1xx3s4HgKujjhEB3s6m7f3JYMsVIEKQlMrlzawCNG9UrWfx8jNR6D80pbqibnApqtpAjVEH0WCpxHeNLc6uPooeY8t3lsRdXjiecKZG%252Bv7iOFtY9LI%252Bl76efSFrefTmSXIsTU6qxoc6EjSSK4v8E6i16CFXuSeHEHW2UeCfd054HXMSJS3GkahVzwimh6C%252BuWQXYfgUd2XcZ28jJmVOzvgtoKDcWJcOxXU%252BQee2dfYpwt0OvOylXdeo4%252FQLKGkSbLa3jOSHd8eLs54dKTEwC3Ft6rIMyL7tLY%252Fx%252B%252F3O87A6EDZPnRcvRGz9mWSoSsg%253D%253D%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A4429486&epid=18066193994&itmmeta=01HZWVSKYWQY13CSGDBHADGNNT>

some sites compare cpu, and this is one example

<https://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/436/AMD_G-Series_GX-424CC_vs_Intel_Core_i3_i3-4130T.html>



No - I am not the seller, but I like the thin clients.
I sometimes need a low power fanless intel machine, and these do the
trick for me.


--
/Björn