A bit late to this discussion, but after many years running LMS on a "full fat" SuperMicro x86 Ubuntu server I migrated last year to an Odroid HC1 and couldn't be happier. It has an integral 2.5" disk mount / massive aluminium heatsink and runs cool, quiet and maintenance free using a very stable Armbian / Debian Linux distribution. Copes easily with a 13.5K track / 9 player system. If I was making the choice now I'd probably go for an Odroid HC2, which hadn't been launched when I bought my HC1 - essentially the same thing but with added support for 3.5" / 12V disks rather than the HC1's 2.5" / 5V limit.
There are certainly faster and slightly cheaper options with more "features" available (I also own several generations of Raspberry Pi and will probably get a Pi4 for use as a TVHeadend server) and you do need some basic Linux knowledge to get the thing running properly compared to PcP / max2play, but for a robust, well-engineered mini-server device with decent heat dissipation I think the HC1 or HC2 take some beating. That said, for a first Linux system then the Pi4 / PcP option would definitely be my recommendation and sounds like it's running very well for you - welcome to the world of SBCs :) Odroid HC1 / Armbian Stretch LMS & LocalPlayer 4x Slim Devices SB3 (White) 1x Boom, 1x Radio 2x Joggler + Squeezeplay / Squeezelite + Topping TP30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ florca's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7486 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110796 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
