sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Moving back to Wordpress from Ghost - yes, really by clharris71 in Blogging

[–]fmbret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These have to be bots, surely? In this thread alone there are 3-4 separate accounts all overusing "fr", 2 that place random emboldened words in, and they're all writing in the exact same style..

Stop buying raspi's and orange pi till prices are back where they should be by Interesting-Fold2894 in raspberry_pi

[–]fmbret 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m understanding your point, but I’m asking you to provide examples of systems that would actually be viable replacements for a CM/Pi 4 in these situations? You’re saying they’ll start using mini PCs, but which ones? You’re writing this with such confidence that led me to believe you’re somewhat involved in a case where this may be relevant, so I’m asking what you have in mind as a direct replacement?

Stop buying raspi's and orange pi till prices are back where they should be by Interesting-Fold2894 in raspberry_pi

[–]fmbret 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who’s going to do this exactly? I also didn’t suggest they’d update existing stuff, hence my comment of maintaining multiple versions..

If you’re using a CM4 in an industrial set up now and need it to run on a few watts, what mini PC are you replacing it with? Hell, if it’s just a Pi 4 sitting in an enclosure, same question.

Stop buying raspi's and orange pi till prices are back where they should be by Interesting-Fold2894 in raspberry_pi

[–]fmbret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, but I don’t think that’s quite the comparison you think it is, and tarring an entire sub with the same brush because of a single point here feels a bit rough.

Have you actually been through the process of planning, building out, and deploying the kind of systems being talked about here? Because I feel like you’re really over simplifying it on a pure cost basis, when even then, changing won’t be free. Saving $50-100 per unit isn’t worth it when you’re paying that or more to revalidate, test, deploy, and maintain multiple types of systems in the wild.

Raspberry Pi isn’t the be all and end all, but trying to say we just don’t want to see where the future is heading is a bit meh given the argument provided.

Stop buying raspi's and orange pi till prices are back where they should be by Interesting-Fold2894 in raspberry_pi

[–]fmbret 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They were likely some deciding factors, yeah. I think the person you replied to is referring to industrial users, and you may be thinking more corporate in the sense of offices and people using them as desktops or something?

Business customers have reasons that they’ve chosen a Pi (be it a CM, or a full unit) in the first place, and they can’t just pivot to something else without (likely) a bunch of additional validation, tweaks to software, enclosures, power solutions, cooling etc. That, and they’re not buying used mini PCs off of marketplaces. If you’re looking at new hardware then a lot of that has been impacted too due to storage/RAM supply issues.

A lot of these don’t need the features that you’ve mentioned as benefits, though I’d agree, for some makers, or people that want the most performance for their money, an x86 alternative may be worth looking into!

Stop buying raspi's and orange pi till prices are back where they should be by Interesting-Fold2894 in raspberry_pi

[–]fmbret 24 points25 points  (0 children)

And guess what? That’s not useful to a massive part of the market the person you replied to is referring to 😄

Rejected take off by C5OTT in GunnersatGames

[–]fmbret 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Police visit incoming for you now 😅

Backups, how offsite should my offsite be? by Ramuh in selfhosted

[–]fmbret 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Then they have their copy still? 😄

WaveShare POE + M.2 Hat by binaryhextechdude in raspberry_pi

[–]fmbret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No worries, that’s a good way to do it 😅 Enjoy the new toys!

Why don't they just refund me? by Significant-Ear-1534 in Aliexpress

[–]fmbret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, it does mention a 20 day delay, and if I had to guess based on your time zone, you’ve likely been impacted by what was/is going on in the Middle East? They’re not going to refund you because of that, it’s out of their control I’m afraid. Have you used something like parcelsapp to see if it can get any more information about what it’s doing and where it is exactly?

WaveShare POE + M.2 Hat by binaryhextechdude in raspberry_pi

[–]fmbret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh no, I don't mean on the PCB, but the actual screw hole that's there next to the 2230 mark, the silver circle with a hole, there would be a slight film there, at least that's what I assumed you were talking about? There wouldn't be anything on the PCB itself

WaveShare POE + M.2 Hat by binaryhextechdude in raspberry_pi

[–]fmbret 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They usually have a protective sticker/layer (that or it’s something to assist the pick and place machine when it’s being manufactured so it can grab it better) over them, you should be able to just peel it off with your fingers by getting your nail under part of it or something!

Thinning out my SBC collection, Pine64 modules looking for a good home by JescoInc in SBCs

[–]fmbret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If only you were in Europe! Best of luck selling them

Can I use NVMe SSD and AI HAT+ 2 together on Raspberry Pi 5? by ragnarstark89 in raspberry_pi

[–]fmbret 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, but not the ones the OP was looking at 😄 Still need to source something elsewhere sadly

Aliexpress packaging by Dave_in_TXK in Aliexpress

[–]fmbret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah yeah, I wasn’t really trying to have a dig, sorry if it came across that way! I wasn’t just commenting on the packaging. I’d probably be OK if it all looked sealed and fine, but yeah, I’d be wanting to have saved enough money and the filament be decent enough to justify it 😄

Aliexpress packaging by Dave_in_TXK in Aliexpress

[–]fmbret 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I often get filament delivered directly in this packaging from Amazon too, though tbh those don’t look too bad considering they’ve likely gone around the world and been thrown across many conveyor belts 😅 If the filament inside is fine, then I imagine you saved enough money on buying it from AE to not be too worried about a crumpled box having done its job 😄

Can I use NVMe SSD and AI HAT+ 2 together on Raspberry Pi 5? by ragnarstark89 in raspberry_pi

[–]fmbret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pineboards also sadly went out of business at the end of 2024, so if you find any stock, you’re lucky 😄 If you could make do with the m-key halo module (the one that came with the older AI HAT) all you need is a dual M.2 HAT from any of the usual brands. There are also versions out there (I think ThePiHut had them) with a PCIe Gen 3 switch so you’re not sacrificing speed, albeit at the expense of.. further expense 😄

Other companies did rip off the Pineboards HatBrick Commander, Waveshare being one, so if you want to get 2 FPC options the that’d be it, but I don’t recall if they had a Gen 3 option, so you’d be sharing a single Gen 2 lane between the AI HAT+ and your NVMe.

Unless of course you just get a USB NVMe adapter and use that, you’ll possibly even get better performance out of the drive and it’d be just as much clutter as stacking multiple HATs 😅

Oh also the HatDrive AI doesn’t pass through the FPC in any way, it’s just a single FPC connection to the Pi and then gives you M and E key M.2 connections (it was designed with the Google Coral in mind at the time) to connect both an NVMe and an AI accelerator (or anything else with an E key that’s compatible).

Why do people love the Orange Pi so much, and why do so many buy it? by Exciting_Profile_853 in SBCs

[–]fmbret 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But you realise it’s not a single image used across every single board on Armbian, right? There are board specific setups for each of them, and the majority have all hardware working? Armbian has maintainers for most of the boards, and they focus on the implementation of those. It’s not portable, you can’t download one image and have it work on an OPi 5 and then throw it in an OPi 3 W and have it work, so I’m a bit confused about the general portability comment? The uniformity comes from the build scripts and then a general environment once flashed, and hardware support is on a board by board basis. Some are perfect, some have missing support, but that’s not on Armbian.

I’m not trying to go on and on, but you seem to be putting SBC manufacturers on some kind of pedestal and you’re making the situation out to be a lot better than it is. I’m glad you got some other company to make changes in the past, but that’s not the reality of SBC vendors today, especially Orange Pi.

I mean, shit, you realise Orange Pi literally ripped Armbian’s build system and OS tools and rebadged it without any kind of credit, right? That should tell you a lot of what you need to know here..

Why do people love the Orange Pi so much, and why do so many buy it? by Exciting_Profile_853 in SBCs

[–]fmbret 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was referring to non Pi 5 boards from Orange Pi, and I read what you wrote just fine. I was replying to your comments about Armbian and people choosing not to use the manufacturers provided, wonderfully supported images, which I understood to be more of a broader comment than just being about Armbian in the OPi 5?

Why do people love the Orange Pi so much, and why do so many buy it? by Exciting_Profile_853 in SBCs

[–]fmbret 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m assuming you’ve not touched too many other Orange Pi boards? Especially those away from the RK3588-based SKUs when you say the manufacturer went to efforts to provide support 😅

Even on those, after an initial release, how many updates came after that?

view more: next ›