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thane:
Hello everyone. Just asking for advice/suggestions on a new computer that would be ideal for running Tiny Core Linux. AMD vs Intel, Tower vs mini, etc. No rush, since I have two working Tiny Core boxes. But they're both pushing 10 years old and I'm thinking I should get something a little more up-to-date.

Thane

curaga:
Intel's been having problems for the last couple of generations with cpus burning out, so if you want new, I'd pick AMD. They're also winning on the perf and price fronts for now. The previous gen tends to be cheaper than the current one if you don't need latest perf.

Tower/mini depends on personal preference really, whether you need optical drives, many disks, etc.

gadget42:
_what_is_your_usage_case_ ?

all of our machines are over ten years old. here in the middle of fly-over country dumpster diving provides more than enough for the casual user. a short _wanted_ post on craigslist keeps others out of the dumpsters but requires a little more human interaction.

mocore:

--- Quote from: curaga on January 02, 2025, 01:15:58 AM ---Tower/mini depends on personal preference really, whether you need optical drives, many disks, etc.

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to that list i would add ...fan noise/(case/space4)passive cooling !



--- Quote from: gadget42 on January 02, 2025, 02:12:51 AM ---_what_is_your_usage_case_ ?

 dumpster diving provides more than enough for the casual user

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+1

i re-read the post. mention of new computer
dissuaded me from mentioning up-cycling/ dumpster diving

 fwiw imho the ideal *nix system
 is one that was running *some other* OS which had "broken" / failed in some way
 causing it to be discarded / replaced
 rife for fixing with alt-os

for new *nix boxes  system76 / star-labs / ect... ?

mocore:

--- Quote from: gadget42 on January 02, 2025, 02:12:51 AM ---_what_is_your_usage_case_ ?

 dumpster diving provides more than enough for the casual user

--- End quote ---
+1

i re-read the post. mention of new computer
dissuaded me from mentioning up-cycling/ dumpster diving

 fwiw imho the ideal *nix system
 is one that was running *some other* OS which had "broken" / failed in some way
 causing it to be discarded / replaced
 rife for fixing with alt-os

for new *nix boxes  system76 / star-labs / ect... ?

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