Ooh, this might be a good Linux laptop for $99. https://www.microcenter.com/product/652909/asus-br1100cka-ys02-116-laptop-computer-gray
@yestergearpc On the other hand, I may have too many laptops hanging around. :)
@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 Also, did you ever see my comparision between Linux and Chrome OS on the same $60 hardware? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtJJ4r6O4co&t=3s
@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.