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Re: Quickie Report - Installing Fedora on BMAX Mini-PC

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On Sat, 10 Aug 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

> On 8/10/24 5:11 AM, D wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, 10 Aug 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>> 
>>> On 8/10/24 12:49 AM, rbowman wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 23:20:18 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> BMAX (almost identical to BeeLink) boxes are mostly about 6 inches
>>>>> square an maybe two inches thick.
>>>>> A large variety of CPUs/configs can be hand. The prices are VERY good.
>>>>> Typically two 4k HDMI plugs (cable included !). 2xUSB2 + 2xUSB3 is
>>>>> typical. They have space in the bottom for an 8mm thick SATA laptop
>>>>> drive/SSD. They run off a wall-wart.
>>>> 
>>>> I've been running Ubuntu 22.04 on a BeeLink for a couple of years and am
>>>> very happy with it. It is a little upscale from your BMAX with a Ryzen 7
>>>> 4700U. It was an experiment that worked out well.
>>> 
>>>  I have both brands - and they're mostly identical hardware.
>>>  As said, there are a LOT of configs to be had - from very
>>>  low-performance on up. Real i3's and above DO need a cooling
>>>  fan however. The "laptop" chips seem to work OK without fans.
>>> 
>>>  In any case, if you really don't need a PI and all the
>>>  I/O pins then THESE seem to be THE way to go - compact,
>>>  cheap, good performance. Anything you need for a very
>>>  good price.
>>> 
>>>  Still have some PIs ... and DO need those I/O pins for
>>>  certain needs. NICE to have such a broad selection of
>>>  boards these days - something perfect for each need.
>>> 
>>>  As reported, my current experience with Fedora is now GOOD.
>>>  I've had weird problems with Deb WORM and have just abandoned
>>>  that whole line for now. Manjaro and other Arch derivs ARE
>>>  pretty good - but Fedora is just more "general consumer".
>>>  I'm too old now to put up with big fights making an OS
>>>  work. If you want WORK ... well ... there's always SlackWare  :-)
>>> 
>>>  Oddly, I accidentally ordered TWO BMax ... must have pushed
>>>  the "order again" button but seen no effect. Now I have to
>>>  figure out what to DO with the extra unit. I've got an ISO
>>>  of FreeBSD ... so maybe ........ if so I'll post a little
>>>  summary of that experience.
>>> 
>> 
>> A NAS and off site backup solution?
>
>  Possibly ... I'll have to get creative  :-)
>
>  I've got a 4-bay external USB-3 unit ... some
>  12gb Gold drives and ....
>
>  I trust the BSDs more for 'security' these days.
>
>  OpenBSD is probably the MOST secure, but as a
>  result it's harder to work with and the DRIVERS
>  are years behind the hardware curve. That may
>  or may not be relevant, depending on your app.

Add to that a sub par filesystem which affects performance as well. But 
perhaps it might be possible to compile in suppor for something better?

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Quickie Report - Installing Fedora on BMAX Mini-PC "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-09 23:20 -0400
  Re: Quickie Report - Installing Fedora on BMAX Mini-PC rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-08-10 04:49 +0000
    Re: Quickie Report - Installing Fedora on BMAX Mini-PC "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-10 04:51 -0400
      Re: Quickie Report - Installing Fedora on BMAX Mini-PC D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-08-10 11:11 +0200
        Re: Quickie Report - Installing Fedora on BMAX Mini-PC "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-10 05:16 -0400
          Re: Quickie Report - Installing Fedora on BMAX Mini-PC D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-08-10 23:19 +0200
            Re: Quickie Report - Installing Fedora on BMAX Mini-PC "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-12 00:07 -0400
              Re: Quickie Report - Installing Fedora on BMAX Mini-PC D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-08-12 10:19 +0200
              Re: Quickie Report - Installing Fedora on BMAX Mini-PC Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-12 23:04 +0000
      Re: Quickie Report - Installing Fedora on BMAX Mini-PC rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-08-10 18:41 +0000
        Re: Quickie Report - Installing Fedora on BMAX Mini-PC "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-10 18:09 -0400
        Re: Quickie Report - Installing Fedora on BMAX Mini-PC The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-11 10:28 +0100

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