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I guess an obvious question is, what does this KVM do better than, say, a raspberry pi KVM? It seems cool, though!

by ramon156 2y ago

mikeocool 2y ago
I looked at ready made piKVMs recently and they were 2-6x the price of this, so it has that going for it at least!
- geerlingguy 2y ago
  Price, build quality (with a more narrow feature set), and completely different software stack (for better or for worse), Golang on BusyBox Linux. But price is probably the number one driver. Note that BuildJet is a YC startup.
  - 3np 2y ago
    Aside: I see you're using Ventoy. I'm wary about the supply-chain security there. Check out this GH issue. Be safe. https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/2795 https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/2795 https://lemmy.world/post/20801564 https://lemmy.world/post/20801564 https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/112906968594601449 https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/112906968594601449 GLIM is a great alternative. https://github.com/thias/glim https://github.com/thias/glim
    - geerlingguy 2y ago
      I've only been using it on my test machines (none of which persist for more than a few days or a week or two of testing), but that is concerning. Might go back to just having a few different usb sticks.
rcarmo 2y ago
Price is a key factor. Also, the UX on that seems very featureful. I recently reviewed a Wi-Fi only (but more expensive) device: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2024/09/29/1900 https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2024/09/29/1900 - and compared it to my own homebrew Pi Zero-based piKVMs - and there is certainly a “wave” of new entrants into this market. I’m curious to see if their crowdfunding pans out, and how much the final devices will cost, given that they’ve probably spent (proportionally) too much on the display. A display is helpful, yes, but… You can do without it, and the Sipheed NanoKVM hints at the possibility of even cheaper, OSS hardware coming down the pipe (I have two of those on order).

I guess an obvious question is, what does this KVM do better than, say, a raspberry pi KVM? It seems cool, though!

mikeocool 2y ago

I looked at ready made piKVMs recently and they were 2-6x the price of this, so it has that going for it at least!

geerlingguy 2y ago
Price, build quality (with a more narrow feature set), and completely different software stack (for better or for worse), Golang on BusyBox Linux. But price is probably the number one driver. Note that BuildJet is a YC startup.
- 3np 2y ago
  Aside: I see you're using Ventoy. I'm wary about the supply-chain security there. Check out this GH issue. Be safe. https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/2795 https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/2795 https://lemmy.world/post/20801564 https://lemmy.world/post/20801564 https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/112906968594601449 https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/112906968594601449 GLIM is a great alternative. https://github.com/thias/glim https://github.com/thias/glim
  - geerlingguy 2y ago
    I've only been using it on my test machines (none of which persist for more than a few days or a week or two of testing), but that is concerning. Might go back to just having a few different usb sticks.

rcarmo 2y ago

Price is a key factor. Also, the UX on that seems very featureful. I recently reviewed a Wi-Fi only (but more expensive) device: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2024/09/29/1900 https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2024/09/29/1900 - and compared it to my own homebrew Pi Zero-based piKVMs - and there is certainly a “wave” of new entrants into this market. I’m curious to see if their crowdfunding pans out, and how much the final devices will cost, given that they’ve probably spent (proportionally) too much on the display. A display is helpful, yes, but… You can do without it, and the Sipheed NanoKVM hints at the possibility of even cheaper, OSS hardware coming down the pipe (I have two of those on order).