I’m trying to start out self-hosting and was looking for some good servers. I have a budget of ~100 USD and am in the US. I was initially going to get some type of raspberry pi but they seem to always be sold out here

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    1 year ago

    Look for some refurbished hp thinclients or use a second-hand laptop. If needed upgrade it with a SSD.

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      1 year ago

      Something like this my only question is do you have to use the HP firmware or can you just run Linux on it?

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        1 year ago

        You can easily install Linux on it. I actually have that exact model, but the CPU is a bit weak for most stuff.

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        just make sure you get something with intel or amd cpu. some very old thin clients used via.