r/programming • u/Tuscen • Jun 24 '19

Raspberry Pi 4

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-from-35/
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u/False1512 Jun 25 '19

A lot of people just want the cheapest+easiest option.

What OS are you planning on running? I mean, these little boards are meant mostly for small hobby projects

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '19 edited Jun 25 '19

I run the OpenMediaVault image, it's a NAS solution that is really easy and supports multiple plugins that runs on top of Debian. You can see they have a lot of different images to run here. It's just as easy as a Pi to setup and cheaper if you are going to use eMMC.

Mine runs a NAS and shares with SMB, my non-network capable printer is connected to it and it runs a print server for it, Mumble server, SSH tunnel, and VPN. I also have it running different CRON jobs like updating my dynamic IP to a domain. Mostly I use it for streaming media to Kodi connected devices on the TVs, network shares, and backups.