director@some.institutetoLinux@lemmy.ml•What daily workstation-distro helped or hindered you when learning linux?English
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1 year agoI’ve heard you are supposed to stop by 150
I’ve heard you are supposed to stop by 150
A lot of people start on used small form factor desktops like the ASUS PS52. Other common ones are the Lenovo M series tiny desktops, Dell Optiplex micro desktops or Intel NUCs. These can sometimes be found used for sub $100 a piece from businesses updating their fleets. They can struggle a bit doing stuff that needs some CPU grunt, like live plex transcoding, but are decent otherwise, especially considering the low power draw. You might want to consider spreading that software demand over two or three of them.
You have to create your database without any indexes, then you can add them later for a speed boost