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How ready is Linux (or a BSD; I'm willing to learn!) for home server use? I understand there will be some growing pains for ARM chips as they venture into serv
by _huayra_ 4y ago
How ready is Linux (or a BSD; I'm willing to learn!) for home server use?
I understand there will be some growing pains for ARM chips as they venture into server land; the x86 ecosystem with a bazillion different motherboard / component options is much, MUCH further ahead.
What about Docker or kubernetes? How about kvm / libvirt? Are they ready to rock on ARM?
Having a few (mostly idle) x86_64 home servers consuming an unpleasantly high amount of power doing nothing, I really look forward to ARM. Not sure if the power savings would eclipse the savings I get from basically freeloading off of 3-year-old workstations destined for the recycler I grab from my employer, but as someone who frets over power utilization for a major cloud provider every day, I can't wait for ARM to get here!
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- rwmj 4y agoI have an RPi 4 8GB running Fedora, and everything works fine, including running virtual machines with KVM & libvirt. Small VMs, given the limited memory. The whole thing cost me £238 (actually under £200 because I could reuse one of the SSDs). https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2020/09/24/raspberry-pi-4-running-fedora-32/ https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2020/09/24/raspberry-pi-4-running...