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Since rpis have been almost impossible to find, I've been looking around for alternatives for some local self hosted services like home assistant. A lot of boards seem to talk about GPU, GPIO pins, etc. But I really just want a single board, fanless (low power), decent CPU and RAM, ethernet.

Any recommendations?

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[-] Skeletor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hi SirPyschoMantis,

I'm certainly no expert but just recently started a similar project you are describing. I went with a used HP ProDesk 400 G2 mini. It has a i5-6500t, 8GB and 250GB ssd.

I run Ubuntu server on it with docker. It's compact and capable of running a bit more then a Raspberry Pi I believe.

When searching for a Pi alternative I also came across a similar mini pc from Dell. Thats was a Dell OptiPlex 3040 SFF.

I'm from the Netherlands and used prices here were around 100-150 €.

[-] xyguy@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Second this, but don't go for the dell minis. I have had trouble with them no recognizing 3rd party power supplies that are often shipped with refurb units.

I've had good luck with the lenovo tiny PCs.

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