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There is a lot of peripherals lying around. Even years ago when I didn't have two pennies to rub together I could still get unwanted keyboards/mice and even sma
by Xeoncross 11y ago
There is a lot of peripherals lying around. Even years ago when I didn't have two pennies to rub together I could still get unwanted keyboards/mice and even smaller unwanted screens.
On the flip side, I don't need a screen for all my computers. Some are network devices now (SSH only) and some share the same screen because I use them for different things at different times.
- pcthrowaway 11y agoRight? But there are also plenty of computers with 512 MB of RAM lying around that you can get for free. And they're 'programmable' too.
- lozf 11y agoPhysical space, noise, and running costs are also important considerations for many people.
- Xeoncross 11y agoYes, running this as a useful network device (storage, irc bot, etc..) off a small solar panel is pretty neat side project.
- nine_k 11y agoWhile this is not enough to run a latest MS or IntelliJ IDE and Chrome with 100 tabs open, 512 MB is adequate to run vim/emacs, some Ruby / Python / Go / Node.js / Rust / you-name-it code, and a moderate browser session. Quite enough to gain some highly marketable skills using hardware that costs a couple of cups of coffee to nothing.