• NixDev@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    I quit waiting for them to come back in stock. I ended up getting a Libre Computer Le Potato. 30-40$ on Amazon and so far it works just fine. The OS is a bit of a pain to install, but if you’re familiar with Linux you should be good

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      1 year ago

      Oh, never heard of those. They look pretty much a like Raspberry Pi. How is it compared to a Raspberry Pi, in your opinion?

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        1 year ago

        So far it seems faster than my pi3. The extra RAM really helps. It is missing the camera ribbon cable connection but I got an Arduino USB cam instead. I am just using it as a 3d printer controller running fluidd, so not really pushing the limits on the board.

        The only issue is with their boot loader/BIOS. You can’t power off the board unless you run shutdown -H now. Otherwise it will just reboot. Since this is an always on device I am not too worried about that. It was just a bit of troubleshooting for my automated shutdown scripts.

        Not upset with my purchase and might get another one for tinkering

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          You can’t power off the board unless you run shutdown -H now

          Honest question - how else would you shut it down? That’s the only way I know of…

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            1 year ago

            Oh thanks. I guess I’ll try one too to see if a raspberry pi is even worth buying at the retail price.

            Edit: Sorry scubbo, didn’t mean to reply to you.

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            1 year ago

            I normally use sudo poweroff I think it is an alias on most systems. I found it way back and just got used to using it