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    • gjacobseG
      gjacobse @DustinB3403
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      @DustinB3403
      Eh - Power from the TVs USB port may not be enough... I got a 'warning' from my Amazon FIRE Stick about low power yesterday.

      But agreed,.. simple - go with a rPi. Using NOOBS you can multi boot it,.. if needed as well.

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      • hobbit666H
        hobbit666
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        Yeah have been going towards a RasPi but wanted to see if you lot had any experience with these "stick" pc's 🙂

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
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          I think that the Intel stick is probably your best bet.

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          • RojoLocoR
            RojoLoco @gjacobse
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            @gjacobse said in Linux on a Stick:

            @DustinB3403
            Eh - Power from the TVs USB port may not be enough... I got a 'warning' from my Amazon FIRE Stick about low power yesterday.

            My Fire stick said not to use the USB port on the TV for power and included a wall wart power brick. I wouldn't expect a TV port to have enough juice.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @RojoLoco
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              @RojoLoco said in Linux on a Stick:

              @gjacobse said in Linux on a Stick:

              @DustinB3403
              Eh - Power from the TVs USB port may not be enough... I got a 'warning' from my Amazon FIRE Stick about low power yesterday.

              My Fire stick said not to use the USB port on the TV for power and included a wall wart power brick. I wouldn't expect a TV port to have enough juice.

              Yeah, same here. HDMI sticks are normally powered externally via a USB adapter.

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              • Deleted74295D
                Deleted74295 Banned
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                The Intel compute sticks have had not great reviews when I last researched them. Might want to do a bit of checking.

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender
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                  You're not trying to run a desktop here, and do work, you're simply displaying 4 webpages - assuming there isn't a ton of javascript in those pages, an Intel stick should do great.

                  As for power, you already have to supply power to the TV, so you just need two sockets instead of one for power. Compute Stick with whatever OS you want on it should be fine.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @Deleted74295
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                    @Breffni-Potter said in Linux on a Stick:

                    The Intel compute sticks have had not great reviews when I last researched them. Might want to do a bit of checking.

                    Nothing that small is all that awesome.

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                    • RojoLocoR
                      RojoLoco @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said in Linux on a Stick:

                      @Breffni-Potter said in Linux on a Stick:

                      The Intel compute sticks have had not great reviews when I last researched them. Might want to do a bit of checking.

                      Nothing that small is all that awesome.

                      That's what she said?

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                      • wirestyle22W
                        wirestyle22 @RojoLoco
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                        @RojoLoco something something motion in the ocean

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