On Sun 21 Jul 2013 15:59:42 NZST +1200, Roy Britten wrote: > A Raspberry Pi is definitely on the cards, but running a > fully-featured Minecraft server (as Mr13 wants to do) requires more > resources that the Pi can provide.
See very recent thread on nzlug. In short, you get a cubieboard for appr $3-15 more (cost to your doorstep - the only cost you care about), at twice the grunt, twice the RAM, 4G onboard flash for OS, and SATA connector for your files to serve. The RPi might have better supported video hardware (but only closed source, from a FOSS-unfriendly company). Both have large enough communities for all your questions. Neither is open hardware in the FOSS sense (there are true open hardware boards on the cards, but they are either too expensive / too inferior or still in the planning stages). And you realise that those tiny computers are ARM-based, so you won't run anything you can't re-compile (and that hasn't been made for cross-architecture)? Other than that, trademe probably is the best source of used computer equipment, but use your favourite search engine and look for "refurbished" or "ex-lease". Power requirements of newer computers are likely to be lower than those of old clunkers. However, the thirst of above ARM boards will leave any x86 heap of ... for dead. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
