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277 points transpute | 4 comments | 04 Jul 25 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.622s | source

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Are the two boards even in the same category or class?

I use RPi for little hobby projects

- RPi Pico for being the payload that flies around the world in a PicoBalloon

- Decoding NOAA weather imagery and storing it in my Google Drive

- Full time AIS message decoder and tracker

- Full time ADS-B and MLAT receiver

- Runs my RetroPie setup

- Runs my OctoPrint setup

I wouldn’t replace much of that with an Intel NUC style computer

transpute ◴[04 Jul 25 13:41 UTC] No.44464477[source]▶

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1. LtWorf ◴[04 Jul 25 17:10 UTC] No.44466208[source]▶

Is linux support as good?

2. transpute ◴[04 Jul 25 17:42 UTC] No.44466453[source]▶

Is Linux support for Intel N150 (x86) as good as Linux support for RPi (Arm SoC N of M)?

Generalist x86 is usually better supported than specialist Arm, but newer drivers (e.g. NICs) may take time to mature.

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3. LtWorf ◴[04 Jul 25 21:04 UTC] No.44467880[source]▶

There's more to the CPU on a SoC.

4. wpm ◴[04 Jul 25 23:26 UTC] No.44468822[source]▶

I run Arch on a Radxa X4 and it’s fine, no driver issues even with the WiFi chipset.

Is an Intel N100 or N150 a better value than a Raspberry Pi?