My Raspberry Pi4 started with a "I'd like to get experience with Linux and install Pi-Hole." Ended quickly outgrowing from discovering a lot of other cool options I could do with it.
I wanted something with a small form factor, quiet, good value, and did hardware transcoding for my Plex Media Server. I found this little guy with an Intel Alder Lake processor with QuickSync.
Very happy with it. If anyone is thinking or in the market for one, check it out here.
What OS did you go for?
Debating doing the same, but would like to keep it as close to the rPi as possible
I went with DietPi which is Debian Linux (installed the Bookworm distro) and really like it.
I ended up with a CWWK mini pc that is martketed as a firewall. Has a intel n305 which is fairly powerful a d 32 GB of ram and the ability ti run 5 nvme drives for nas functions. It is a great little VM/docker system.
I'm also using DietPi on a mini PC, works great. I like some of the built in tools it has. For a beginner or someone getting back into Linux the pre configured packages it has are nice.
That being said, I think when I upgrade I am going to just go straight to Ubuntu Server now that I comfortable with it again. I used to run a remote hosted Linux web / gaming server years ago.
Just to throw another suggestion out there, you can get second hand thin clients on eBay for fairly cheap, that are x86 based (vs ARM for a Pi), have slightly better performance than a pi and overall is probably going to come in slightly cheaper.
In the last couple of months I picked up a Wyse 5070 thin client with a Intel J5005, it runs at less power than my Pi did via a PoE hat (2.5w vs 6w) and should be able to squeeze out a bit more performance. I think I grabbed it for around $50 off ebay, which should be cheaper then what you can get a pi for (at least last time I looked).
Might be a hot take, but unless someone needs the gpio pins a raspberry pi provides, Iād probably recommend one of these first (or something similar).
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Download the Hubitat app
