Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jan Panteltje Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Raspberry Pi5 versus other cheap Intel based boxes for general computing Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 06:14:45 GMT Message-ID: References: <274993@dontemail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 06:14:46 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="143088"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: NewsFleX-1.5.7.5 (Linux-5.15.32-v7l+) Cancel-Lock: sha1:F0EGVyVMWefh1jYWV7PMqw0Mxxw= X-Newsreader-location: NewsFleX-1.5.7.5 (c) 'LIGHTSPEED' off line news reader for the Linux platform NewsFleX homepage: http://www.panteltje.nl/panteltje/newsflex/ and ftp download ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/system/news/readers/ X-User-ID: eJwNyrEBACEIBLCVBI8DxpFH9h/h7VLENoWfg0bY2EiuW53L7caoegKnaVL7nFpYFW3jGErhKZI12vdVVobiB01rFW8= Bytes: 2911 Lines: 33 On a sunny day (Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:58:09) it happened Wanderer wrote in <274993@dontemail.com>: > >On 03/04/2024 06:21, Jan Panteltje wrote: >> >> What somone learned when he replaced a cheap Pi 5 PC with a no-name Amazon mini desktop >> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/what-i-learned-when-i-replaced-my-cheap-pi-5-pc-with-a-no-name-amazon-mini-desktop/ >> >> All that said, I post this from a Pi4 8GB, it is sometimes really slow, >> but I like and use the GPIO port. > > >I'm interested in putting the internet on a separate computer and switching the monitor, keyboard and mouse with a switch box. >How well would it work for something like that? How well does it handle the internet? I have an 'Eminent' 5 channel HDMI switch to switch between this Pi4 8 GB (connected to the internet now) the Pi4 4 GB (that is among other things recording security cams and playing music), the Chinese security box (4 cams on it), and the older raspi that runs as server for some stuff I wrote, collects data on weather and temperature, humidity, radiation. 2 wireless keyboards on the table, one for the Pi4 8 GB (I use now to post this) and one for the PI4 4 GB. Via the second one I can access the server Pi via ssh. I have a wireless small keyboard the size of a TV remote that is also listened to by the Pi4 4 Gb, so I can set audio volume for example or change music all remotely (listened to by a script I wrote), but I can get full terminal access too, but that is dangerous when you cannot see what happens when away from the monitor. That script has limited choices... is basically a bash script running in a terminal. There is more to it.. No problems at all so far...