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On 2/21/25 9:18 PM, Joel wrote:
> PCI-e, obviously, made in China, Fenvi brand seemingly endorsed by
> Newegg, ordered from the same.  Debian utilized it with my home
> Internet on boot up, previous motherboard-integrated WiFi was still
> working but would get slow after a period of time, needing to shut
> down the system and turn back on to make it fast again.  The odd
> antenna that magnetized to the top of the case (where would Larry put
> it, if he bought this motherboard, not that he would of course, the
> weirdo) is now removed, and I wiped dust off of the case and a bit
> inside, while working.  Pretty happy.

   Well, we're always happy to see new, easy, devices.

   Alas China ... well ... beware. Got/analyzed the
   source code for those drivers ???

   For cheap/useful x86 boxes, check into Beelink
   and BMax. A large range to be had. For Linux,
   the N90/N100 ones will provide good performance
   for a very good price.

   It SHOULD be a matter of PRIDE though to make
   sure the included Winders does not run for a
   single microsecond before you overwrite with
   Linux  :-)

   Have several of these - various roles. All VERY
   good little boxes.

   NEXT up - a FreeBSD ... maybe my ultimate NAS ?

   PIs are very good - for Pi stuff  ... but if you
   don't need all those GPIO pins then maybe a
   BeeLink is what you're looking for. Somewhat
   better performance too - above Pi5.