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Hm, that's fair enough for a more complex desktop build in my opinion (except for the unfortunate fact that you often end up with paying a premium for worse har

Hm, that's fair enough for a more complex desktop build in my opinion (except for the unfortunate fact that you often end up with paying a premium for worse hardware that way), but in this case the NUC is an off-the-shelf standard barebone that is widely available - the only thing you are adding is RAM and storage. You can do both of those (for reasonable prices) via Crucial's part picker, for instance - and in fact that's what I based my $200 estimate on. It feels like an odd target market for me considering I would expect people deliberately opting for Linux to already be more adept with that kind of thing - but maybe I'm wrong!

asoneth 4y ago
umanwizard already said what I would have said, but I will add a few points: First, you may be underestimating the value of your expertise and the investment required. Second, I'm glad we're not gatekeeping Linux as much as we used to. Third, as I get older I find computer hardware less interesting. Just because someone likes to make music doesn't necessarily mean they like to make instruments.
School-Cotton 4y ago
> I would expect people deliberately opting for Linux to already be more adept with that kind of thing - but maybe I'm wrong! Yep, I think you’re just wrong. I know plenty of people who use Linux but have never built a PC and have no clue how to do so, and may never have even swapped out ram or disk drives. I’m sure plenty of people also don’t know what a NUC is or where you would research which one to buy. You’re discounting the fact that you happened to know about the Crucial part picker, but most people don’t! Some people use Linux because they grew up tinkering with computers, but a lot of people use them for other reasons, like greater familiarity with GNU command-line tools, or just not wanting to need a VM to run Docker. I think the vast majority of people who build their own computer do so for gaming purposes and use Windows.

asoneth 4y ago

umanwizard already said what I would have said, but I will add a few points: First, you may be underestimating the value of your expertise and the investment required. Second, I'm glad we're not gatekeeping Linux as much as we used to. Third, as I get older I find computer hardware less interesting. Just because someone likes to make music doesn't necessarily mean they like to make instruments.

School-Cotton 4y ago

> I would expect people deliberately opting for Linux to already be more adept with that kind of thing - but maybe I'm wrong! Yep, I think you’re just wrong. I know plenty of people who use Linux but have never built a PC and have no clue how to do so, and may never have even swapped out ram or disk drives. I’m sure plenty of people also don’t know what a NUC is or where you would research which one to buy. You’re discounting the fact that you happened to know about the Crucial part picker, but most people don’t! Some people use Linux because they grew up tinkering with computers, but a lot of people use them for other reasons, like greater familiarity with GNU command-line tools, or just not wanting to need a VM to run Docker. I think the vast majority of people who build their own computer do so for gaming purposes and use Windows.