What are people's thoughts on #Beelink? I'm after a quiet #MiniPC to replace my RPI 4 (which is awesome but doesn't have enough desktop oomph), for general use, dev, and light gaming (e.g., Minecraft).

Not knowing much about modern mini PCs, I figured I'd just get an #Intel #NUC, but there are some good deals today on Beelinks equipped with e.g. AMD Ryzen 7 5800H. I would prefer to go #linux native and have a Windows VM for the odd application which I'm forced to use. Are AMD drivers an issue?

Mike Riley on more trending technologies: https://medium.com/pragmatic-programmers/three-more-trending-technologies-25c49346d80f

Mike's book:
https://pragprog.com/titles/mrpython/portable-python-projects/

#techtrends #python #minipc #platformengineering

Not gonna lie: I’m *really* tempted to take the guts of a #miniPC or Framework Laptop and build them into this #C64. Maybe I can even use the keyboard with some remapping.

Then again, I do have so many other projects and such going on. 🤔

Wow. This #miniPC has a better CPU and same discrete GPU as my 2021 Dell XPS 15 and costs about 75% less at $550 or so. It’s barebones at that price, i.e.: add your own memory and NVMe M.2 storage, monitor, keyboard, etc.. but the performance is crazy good. Average wattage when gaming around 135W. https://youtube.com/watch?v=Oz4EI0TdCvI&feature=share

🆕 personal blog post: So my new desktop PC was delivered in a padded envelope

A little more detail into the Mini PC I shared yesterday on Mastodon. #MiniPC #Beelink #AMD #Windows #Linux

https://www.kctofel.com/so-my-new-desktop-pc-was-delivered-in-a-padded-envelope/

@zeh Don't have any tips on where to find them in the UK, but absolutely go #MiniPC route. I have 3 and they are robust, low power, and do everything I need them to do. #begreat

Going to try to add another #MiniPC to my #LXD cluster that currently has #OVN SDN and a bunch of other things.. I'm just hoping I'm not going to have to re do everything cause that the last time :) !