Dug out my "worse piece of tech", the HP Mini 210-1100 netbook (1GB ddr3, Intel Atom, 1.66 GHz, 250GB HDD). It was a gift–I remember using it and the dreaded lag/frustration with Windows 7 Starter kinda drove me insane. Haven't used it since 2010. Until today that is! I installed antiX-base 32bit Linux and it has been much less laggy and actually usable! Reviving (13yr) old tech is always fun! #antixlinux#antix#hpmini210#hpmini#oldtech#netbook#linux#32bit
@danct12 Thanks! Yeah surprisingly it does hold charge. I have booted it to check if it still works 4 or 5 years ago and charged it to about 40%. I'm gonna be using it plugged in without the battery anyway as a beginner "server" to learn how to SSH and stuff. (Before I get my hands on a #rpi4b, excited!)
@eclecticpassions Raspberry Pis are insanely difficult to get, but I heard that they have taken care of the chip shortage issues and soon to mass produce.
I've been learning cybersecurity for sometime now, I still need to get good lol.
BTW, SSH is pretty powerful, you can tunnel a remote local port to host, and vice versa.
@danct12 Yeah I also read they're going to clear the backlog... to be honest I can find retail price Rpi4B 8gb rev. 5 but not rev. 9. I think I'll wait a bit longer (October time) to get the latest version. I don't work in IT so everything is very new to me. I'm interested in self-hosting / home lab projects so I'm hoping to learn enough to do that!
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