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    • wirestyle22W
      wirestyle22 @DustinB3403
      last edited by wirestyle22

      For that cost I agree with @coliver that a Raspberry Pi is probably your best bet cost/performance wise. If you're willing to spend a little more than that I'd seriously consider a Chromebox.

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      • gjacobseG
        gjacobse @DustinB3403
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        @DustinB3403
        Eh - Power from the TVs USB port may not be enough... I got a 'warning' from my Amazon FIRE Stick about low power yesterday.

        But agreed,.. simple - go with a rPi. Using NOOBS you can multi boot it,.. if needed as well.

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        • hobbit666H
          hobbit666
          last edited by

          Yeah have been going towards a RasPi but wanted to see if you lot had any experience with these "stick" pc's 🙂

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            I think that the Intel stick is probably your best bet.

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            • RojoLocoR
              RojoLoco @gjacobse
              last edited by

              @gjacobse said in Linux on a Stick:

              @DustinB3403
              Eh - Power from the TVs USB port may not be enough... I got a 'warning' from my Amazon FIRE Stick about low power yesterday.

              My Fire stick said not to use the USB port on the TV for power and included a wall wart power brick. I wouldn't expect a TV port to have enough juice.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @RojoLoco
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                @RojoLoco said in Linux on a Stick:

                @gjacobse said in Linux on a Stick:

                @DustinB3403
                Eh - Power from the TVs USB port may not be enough... I got a 'warning' from my Amazon FIRE Stick about low power yesterday.

                My Fire stick said not to use the USB port on the TV for power and included a wall wart power brick. I wouldn't expect a TV port to have enough juice.

                Yeah, same here. HDMI sticks are normally powered externally via a USB adapter.

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                • Deleted74295D
                  Deleted74295 Banned
                  last edited by

                  The Intel compute sticks have had not great reviews when I last researched them. Might want to do a bit of checking.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender
                    last edited by

                    You're not trying to run a desktop here, and do work, you're simply displaying 4 webpages - assuming there isn't a ton of javascript in those pages, an Intel stick should do great.

                    As for power, you already have to supply power to the TV, so you just need two sockets instead of one for power. Compute Stick with whatever OS you want on it should be fine.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Deleted74295
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                      @Breffni-Potter said in Linux on a Stick:

                      The Intel compute sticks have had not great reviews when I last researched them. Might want to do a bit of checking.

                      Nothing that small is all that awesome.

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                      • RojoLocoR
                        RojoLoco @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said in Linux on a Stick:

                        @Breffni-Potter said in Linux on a Stick:

                        The Intel compute sticks have had not great reviews when I last researched them. Might want to do a bit of checking.

                        Nothing that small is all that awesome.

                        That's what she said?

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                        • wirestyle22W
                          wirestyle22 @RojoLoco
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                          @RojoLoco something something motion in the ocean

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