Jeff GeerlingNov 25

Sometimes when I venture off into the land of ease and x86, away from SBCs with like 5-15W TDPs, I realize how much faster computing can be.

Then I look at power draw and efficiency and realize, yes, there's always tradeoffs!

But it is nice just... having things work.

Show threadJason Tubnor 🇦🇺Nov 25
@geerlingguy I have Lenovo ThinkCentre m90q etc running #FreeBSD at 20W idle and 34W all cores maxed out. Yes, that is two SBCs but runs all over them in total performance. And as you said, no fancy distros or recompile needed, just works™️
Show threadAdmiral Snackbär

@Tubsta @geerlingguy

My Futro 920 and Elitedesk mini both draw about 5W idle. Yes, an RPi might draw a bit less, but even here in expensive power Germany that makes hardly a difference, if an RPi costs 150€ all in all.

Nov 25 at 8:03amTusky