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Raspberry Pi is a terrible Linux desktop, but these 4 alternate SBCs deliver mini PC-level performance

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By Nick Lewis
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The Raspberry Pi 5 is a fairly capable SBC, but it doesn't make a great desktop—as soon as you start trying to multitask, browser tabs start to lag, and the entire system will struggle. Between a relatively low-power GPU, the limitations of a microSD card boot drive (which is the default unless you buy an M.2 hat), and a CPU that will readily thermally throttle without active cooling, it just isn't up to the job.
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5 excellent local LLM projects you can run for free on a slow laptop

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By Nick Lewis
| How-To Geek Verified
People usually assume that local AI requires a powerful GPU. To some degree that is true—many things do require one. However, there is a huge range of small models that are capable of doing useful things. If you have an old PC or laptop made in the last 5-or-so years and at least 8GB of RAM, you should expect no more than around 10 tokens per second. That doesn't sound like much, but in many applications, the raw tokens per second don't actually matter very much.
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5 apps new Linux users should install on day one

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By Dibakar Ghosh, Nick Lewis, Debian based distros
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Most Linux distros are intentionally minimal to avoid bloat, offering a fresh and clean environment. While this is a major perk, knowing what to install first can be tricky for newcomers. So, to help kickstart your journey, here are five essential apps that belong on every new Linux PC. I’ve always said that installing Linux is only half the job—you still need to install all your favorite apps and tweak your settings to favorable configurations.
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