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Can You Use Raspberry Pi 5 as a Desktop Computer?
https://itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-5-review/
The short answer is yes. And I am saying that after more than a month of using the Raspberry Pi 5.
https://itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-5-review/
The short answer is yes. And I am saying that after more than a month of using the Raspberry Pi 5.
Thin clients! I "upgraded" from a RPi3 to an HP T630 that I got new off of eBay for $65, including power supply (and case). I was able to upgrade the M.2 storage easily. I use mine as a home server running over a dozen Docker containers. It's x86 instead of ARM too.
The only bad part was installing Linux. It took a while for me to figure out where the UEFI expected the boot files and documentation isn't great.
I see. I went a bit pricier and am running a refurbed EliteDesk 705 G4-Mini for one of my linux desktops but I'm also running linux desktops with a Pi4 and 5 elsewhere. All three have been working great but as you mentioned, running linux on ARM takes away a lot of software options, unfortunately.