thinvent Micro 5 Thin Clien, anyone own this ?

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https://www.amazon.in/Micro-5_2021-Thinclient-Thinux-Linux-Integrated/dp/B096KR2WHK
since pi are expensive these days, im thinking of buying this for Grafana + Prometheus for home lab and maybe move my pihole + unbound.
I cant find any information about this online if anyone own this please leme know if Ubuntu/Arch arm runs on well on this.
also kindly leme know if there are any such ARM or X86 options on amazon.
Work gave me 8K amazon gift card trying to spend on this.
 
30fps101 said:
https://www.amazon.in/Micro-5_2021-Thinclient-Thinux-Linux-Integrated/dp/B096KR2WHK
since pi are expensive these days, im thinking of buying this for Grafana + Prometheus for home lab and maybe move my pihole + unbound.
I cant find any information about this online if anyone own this please leme know if Ubuntu/Arch arm runs on well on this.
also kindly leme know if there are any such ARM or X86 options on amazon.
Work gave me 8K amazon gift card trying to spend on this.
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Cortex A5 is from 2009, not sure how you can expect it to do anything decently, and the reviews mention it is locked down.
 
ARM Cortex A53 1.2 GHz Quad Core
2 GB DDR3 RAM
16 GB NAND Flash
10/100 Mbps RJ45 Ethernet Port
802.11n WiFi
USB 2.0 Ports
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Technically, https://www.armbian.com/ should work in this machine. If you can live with the above specs, then its worth for 3K. But I would spend more & get something better.
 
By the specifications, going for a Pi4 would be a better idea, even if it is slightly more expensive. Better still, get a 3-4 generations lower i3 and it would be miles ahead of an Rpi4 and it will run all your home lab stuff in docker / LXC
 
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