I'm testing on the HP8300 $115 with keyboard and mouse from Newegg. It looks
good but I have two problems (probably me). No root password and power
management time out.
Scott
On Thursday, September 10, 2020, 11:02:19 AM CDT, Sam Sokolik
<samco...@gmail.com> wrote:
I just downloaded the buster 2.8 iso and tested it on an 8200 (8300 usually
runs just slightly better in my experience)
This was overnight with glxgears running.
On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 11:45 PM Bruce Layne <linux...@thinkingdevices.com>
wrote:
>
>
> On 9/8/20 12:48 PM, Dave Matthews wrote:
> > A few weeks ago someone mentioned the HP 8300 SFF as having very good
> > jitter numbers. Those are an i5 that takes a $5 cable to add the
> > parallel port. Usually about $150 US on Amazon.
> >
> > $155 today -
> https://www.amazon.com/HP-8300-Elite-Computer-Quad-Core/dp/B01CV9G1BO/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=hp+8300+sff&qid=1599583671&sr=8-1
>
> That's the Amazon price with Win10. It's $81 on eBay, maybe less for
> one without Windows. Search for item number 184439631747, or more
> generically, search for "HP 8300 i5 -usdt".
>
> I can't vouch for how well it runs LinuxCNC, but the i7 version (eBay,
> off lease) has been my Linux desktop PC for the past few years and it's
> on 24/7. It's been 100% reliable and with a solid state drive and
> Linux, it runs like a scalded dog. I run FreeCAD and it'll spin a
> complex model, generating shaded images at more than twice the frame
> rate needed for smooth persistence of vision video. There's definitely
> something to be said for a reliable PC to use for LinuxCNC in the shop.
>
> In hind sight, I probably should have gotten good used PCs that run
> LinuxCNC instead of buying a bunch of Intel motherboards so I could have
> standard controllers for all of my LinuxCNC projects. However, I was
> very stoked to see that LinuxCNC 2.8.0 can be installed on a Raspberry
> Pi 4. That's very cool, and would be ideal for tiny machines like a
> little desktop CNC router or a Sherline mini lathe.
>
>
>
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