Subj : speaking of new tools ...
To   : Karel Kral
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Sun Aug 21 2022 06:10 pm

Hey Karel!

 KK> I think yes. I used to like them more than RaspB

I don't care much for raspi's.  They all lack a decent wireless connection and usb is too flakey to be counted on.  I am not sure if manufacturers understand the universal part of USB.

 KK> This Ubuntu LTS was unbeatable that time.

Hm.  Depending on what we're talking about, I believe I was and still can do better.  However I haven't seen any arm based systems of interest to me which probably explains why I am using x86_64's.  They have much better expansion possibilities albiet are more costly than a typical arm64 as well as a much greater power consumption for the x86_64s.  For me - actually mostly for the neighbours - it is the wireless connectivity that determined the desirable hardware to make it work and that definetly costs both for hardware as well as power consumption.

It is a case of you get what you pay for.

Life is good,
Maurice

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