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Cake day: October 24th, 2023

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  • As others mentioned used SFF PCs, here’s my recommendation based on my own experience.

    I bought several used Dell Wyse 5070. The 5070 was announced in May 2018 and used as thin client.
    They’re tiny, silent (no fan) and you can fit a NVMe SSD via adapter (PCIe A/E key -> M key) in the WiFi card slot next to a SATA SSD. I picked the ones with Intel Celeron J4105 (Quad Core) with 1.5GHz, up to 2.5GHz burst and put 32 GB RAM in one of them (that was before prices went nuts).
    Beware, only if you pick the right dual ranked RAM modules (e.g. Patriot PSD416G26662S), you can have a max. of 2x16 GB. To start your journey, 4 or 8 GB might just be enough and don’t cost an arm and a leg.
    Now I have a PVE (Proxmox Virtual Environment) running with several virtual servers and lxc, one 5070 hosts a PBS (Proxmox Backup Server) and both devices are far from their limit. In case of hardware failure I have spare 5070s.
    Each 5070 cost around $65 and runs at around 8 watts at average. Dunno about current prices though.

    It fits my needs and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
    Maybe it fits your needs as well?






  • Not really. It’s just another attempt at having Linux on mobile phones.
    As for a daily driver I have higher hopes for SailfishOS.

    From https://postmarketos.org/state/:
    “postmarketOS is for Linux enthusiasts. For hackers, tinkerers, technical people […] When compared to Android or iOS, postmarketOS is run by a tiny community of developers who mostly work on the project in their free time - typically next to a dayjob, school or university. Keep that in mind when asking for help in the issues or chat. This is not a product you paid for and you don’t have a support contract with us. People may help you if they have time, but sometimes nobody can help you and you need to figure out problems on your own.”.

    In contrast the statement about SailfishOS:
    “The main design principles of Sailfish OS have always included a seamless user experience combined with unique and clean Scandinavian design.
    Apps are a natural part of a mobile UX. With Sailfish OS you can run beautiful gesture-based native apps powered by Qt framework or opt-in to run your favourite Android apps securely executed in an isolated sandbox.”.

    Whether SailfishOS delivers or postmarketOS is able to provide the better experience, remains to be seen.
    For now my money is on SailfishOS - literally!