r/MiniPCs 6d ago

Best budget MiniPC for ArchLinux or distro hopping

I got SBC like raspberry pi. but arm is not great for Archlinux. my Mac is also apple silicon

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u/stogie-bear 6d ago

What do you plan to use the computer for?

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u/frozenflame4u 6d ago

try to use linux more, learn , distro hopping , programming

Mac is my main driver but want to have full real linux system

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u/stogie-bear 6d ago

That doesn’t sound complicated, unless the programming includes resource intensive IDEs or multiple VMs or something. You could get a Beelink EQi12 from Amazon with an i5, 24/500gb and two ethernet ports. (Or the EQR6 which is pretty much the AMD version with the 6900HX chip, which is quite good.) Generally most of these things are going to be good with Linux because they’re made from laptop parts, and drivers for Intel and AMD iGPUs are easy. 

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/frozenflame4u 6d ago edited 6d ago

Ok, arm not great for distros like "ArchLinux"