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

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277 points transpute | 9 comments | 04 Jul 25 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 1.279s | source | bottom
1. qingcharles ◴[04 Jul 25 17:50 UTC] No.44466509[source]▶
Word of warning on those GMKtec PCs. They put all their drivers on a Google Drive account that they don't pay for, and there are no known mirrors of some of the drivers. So when you suddenly need to do a reinstall one day, remember that their GDrive will be over-quota for a month and you'll be SOL for a few weeks unless you can match the drivers to the ones from the OEMs.
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2. transpute ◴[04 Jul 25 18:05 UTC] No.44466638[source]▶
Could a cumulative set of drivers be mirrored to a Github repo or archive.org?
3. andrewmcwatters ◴[04 Jul 25 18:13 UTC] No.44466711[source]▶
This is the most wtf thing I have read on Hacker News in a day or so. Thanks, I was considering them as an N100 alternative to my Raspberry Pi 4. Maybe I'll search a little more...
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4. joshuaissac ◴[04 Jul 25 18:29 UTC] No.44466814[source]▶
Copy it directly to your own Google Drive, then download it from there, and it will use your quota instead of theirs.
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5. dizhn ◴[04 Jul 25 20:32 UTC] No.44467659[source]▶
Windows drivers?
6. qingcharles ◴[05 Jul 25 04:54 UTC] No.44470164[source]▶
It does not :( I have a paid Goog sub and this was the first thing I tried. It will not bypass their quota.
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7. fud101 ◴[05 Jul 25 05:31 UTC] No.44470290[source]▶
What drivers does one need for the N100? Mine just runs Ubuntu 24 and I've never needed any vendor drivers.
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8. andrewmcwatters ◴[05 Jul 25 07:00 UTC] No.44470655{3}[source]▶
Windows drivers
9. joshuaissac ◴[05 Jul 25 11:27 UTC] No.44471975{3}[source]▶
Try copying it to an otherwise empty folder in your Drive, then download the whole folder instead of the individual file.