Hi Guillaume,
Am 10.12.25 um 15:26 schrieb Guillaume GARDET:
You can use higher end systems such as:
* MINISFORUM MS-R1
https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-ms-r1-workstation?variant=47289624690933
* Radxa Orion O6 https://radxa.com/products/orion/o6/
With the radxa I need to build a system -- find and buy a case, etc.
Things I stopped doing 20 years ago ;-) Also, they state "Debian 12
Native, Integrated with CIX P1 Kernel Package and Extensions" which
sounds like "frankenstein Kernel, good luck!" but I might be wrong.
The Minisforums is three times the price of the Pi500+ I ordered. Yes, I
get three times the number of cores and double the memory, but maybe
relative to the price, the performance is similar.
Also "*For the best experience, please use the official OS image until
the driver is merged into the main branch." => Frankenstein kernel.
Yes, they are more expensive, but also much more powerful (armv9+ with lots of
RAM, etc.) and with a proper EFI boot and a good upstream support.
Fpr the Raspberries, for me the proven track record of
raspberrypi.{org,com} in ways of supporting their stuff for a long time
is more convincing than the vague marketing on the other vendor's pages.
Maybe better to buy one of this higher end system instead of multiple RPi 5?
I just bought one, the pi500+ will replace the pi400 (and probably keep
the two pi4b's switched off more often ;-)).
In a few years, when I want to phase out the pi4b's, the situation might
be different and I might buy something else.
The good thing: I know today that I'll be able to use the pi's for other
hobby projects 5 years from now :-D
Best regards and thanks for the advice. It is appreciated, even if I did
not follow it this time :-)
Stefan
--
Stefan Seyfried
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over
public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." -- Richard Feynman
