Re: 1L?

[Van L <van@scratch.space>]

Stefan Monnier writes:

>>> The worry is RPi's hobbykit won't cool
>>> adequately. The bits and pieces wearout
>>> quick, for example, the SD card, &c, &c.
>
> That's why I suggested the Cubietruck:
> the SD card is only used to hold U-boot
> (think of it as a PC's BIOS), so you
> stick it in and never touch it again.
> And the rest can be put on a
> SATA-connected disk.  It also comes with
> a (rudimentary) enclosure.  and since
> these thingies are fanless, they don't
> suffer much from (nor accumulate much)
> dust.
>

The SiFive Freedom U540 was release April
2018 but has a fan. The CPU is RISC-V.
An optional $2,000 expansion board makes a desktop.

Cubietruck's UI shows its heritage as a
media player. The ARM processor is from
2013 of the ones I saw. The Mac Mini
became a boring media player (2010-8).

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