I dunno when it happened but I swear SBCs were the new best thing in the universe for a while and everyone was building cool little servers with their RockPis and OrangePis.

Now it’s all gone x86 and Proxmox with everyone shitting on Arm. What happened? What gives?

Is my small army of xPis pointless? What about my 2 Edge routers?

I’ve got about 6 xPis scattered round my flat - is there anything worth doing with them or should I just bin them?

All thoughts, feelings and information welcome. Thank you.

  • CyclohexaneEnglish
    100·
    9 months ago

    Not just the pricing, but also the low footprint, tiny size and fanlessness.

    • DjtechaEnglish
      20·
      9 months ago

      Low power too. I replaced a x86 server with 3 PIs in a k8s setup for about half the wattage.