[ale] [ALE] So the winner is?

[Jim Kinney]

Wifi is for convenience. Like Google. 

<Cue giant slurping sound/>

On May 19, 2021 6:51:25 PM EDT, DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>On 5/19/21 4:20 PM, Chuck Payne wrote:
>> DJ-Pfulio,
>> 
>> So Ansible works great. I have an array of SBC from
>> Pi4/Jetson/Asus/RockChip, I use ansible on them to test. As long as
>> you can use Python3 on a distro/computer, Ansible is happy, between
>> them and my KVM Guest gives my AWX server a work out. Plus, keeps me
>> on my toes on how to make sure my playbook can work with different
>os> and releases.
>
>Don't know why AWX is needed with ansible. Never touched it. Never
>needed it.
>
>> There are SBC out there that are designed to be an NSF server ( NAS
>> ). Odroid do a lot of cool things. Arm boards come a long way. I love
>> to get Pine64 Phone, run openSUSE on it
>
>The non-Pi ARM systems have 10,000x less community, so be prepared to
>live with what it comes with. Getting patches and updates is a bonus,
>if that happens.
>
>> I have use Pi3 back in the for about 1 month at work for working on
>> my Linux Server, just needed a CLI. Remote Desktop was ok, but it can
>> slow.
>> 
>> I knew a lot of people that use Pi3 as Kodi servers, I did that and
>> it worked if media was local on hard drive. Over Samba or NFS
>> wireless killed it because it had to buffer a lot. I got around with
>> 300MB wireless usb.
>
>Don't use wifi.  Just don't.  Over wired ethernet, no issues with NFS
>media or DLNA streams.
>
>> Java needs to die!!! That's coming from a MidWare Admin who has to>
>make Tomcat/JBoss.
>
>Agreed, but the people paying get to decide.
>
>> I will be honest there no $50 pi, by the time someone get a Pi, Power
>> Supply, Case, SD that alone is about $100, I tell my friend who one a
>> Pi, save your money go get Dell Optiplex you can like 9020 i7 8 Gigs
>> with 320GB HD for $100. Yes, I have more SBC that I know what to do
>> with most are collecting dust, but I love to torture myself, must be
>> my schooling.
>
>There are $35 r-pis, add in a $15 case+PSU and you are at $50.  Don't
>people have microSD cards laying around?  I do.  Threw away 2 last week
>because they wore out sometime in the last year.  The vast majority of
>MicroSD storage I have is load once, use for 3+ yrs.  For the OS, a $9
>Endurance Samsung microSD is fine. Just don't keep anything local that
>doesn't need to be local.  We all have networks, right?
>
>And don't use wifi.
>
>> Anyway, I tell my friend this when they talk about cloud computing,
>> just call me the Rain Master because I am of those guys working to
>> build out the computer they run on. Or to Leam point, I am the
>> farmer.
>
>Compared to Intel, a r-pi is a joke. We are paying for simplicity,
>silence, and low power.  Performance is doubling almost every new Pi
>version, but it is still so far behind what a cheap Intel can do, it
>would be foolish to try an cluster multiple Pis.  Setup a $200 Intel
>box with 5-15 VMs and learn clustering that way. It will be faster AND
>cheaper.
>
>We won't get to take kewl-photos with blue lighting using VMs.
>There are always exceptions, so some people might have great wifi. I've
>just never seen it.  The desktop performance might be fine too. Just
>depends on the workload. OTOH, with an Intel/AMD with 3000 passmarks,
>we don't have to worry too much. It will work fine for most desktop
>needs.  Video editing probably wants 10K-20K passmarks and 16G of RAM -
>about a $400 box these days.
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