Ooh, this might be a good Linux laptop for $99. https://www.microcenter.com/product/652909/asus-br1100cka-ys02-116-laptop-computer-gray
@adam That's not a bad price for what you get, tbh. Raspis are going for the same price or more these days lol. Good enough for web apps, email, browsing, etc. Definitely would want Linux over windows on that specsheet.
@yestergearpc Totally. I converted a couple Chromebooks to Gallium Linux for the kids a while back. XFCE is so efficient. Super useful even on 4Gb RAM.
@adam Between my modern equipment and my vintage collection, I am in that same boat lol. Although I did get my first RISC-V system online a few days ago, so that little guy has been taking up my time playing with and learning the ropes. Only $30, and takes the place of a Raspi Zero competently. I got full fat debian running on it now.
@yestergearpc Nice. I really need to build a new Plex server/VM workstation. Procrastinating too much.
@adam I recently-ish commissioned a new "main server" on a budget. 2x 16 core opterons, 192gb of ram, and ~30tb of storage. It runs proxmox, and handles NAS, a few web servers, IRC server, and some game servers. Total budget was about $350, but I got a steeeep discount on the 12tb drives from a friend lol.
@yestergearpc Damn, that's a crazy good deal! I want to learn how to do Kernel Virtual Machines since that's supposed to have great performance. Currently using VirtualBox which isn't that great.
@yestergearpc On the other hand, I may have too many laptops hanging around. :)