I have a Linux Mint running on a intel atom CPU with 256mb ram and no graphics card and it kinda works.

  • bruhduh@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Xeon 2696v3 is good with it’s 18 core 36 threads, this cpu cost around 45$ on AliExpress too, also top up 128gb ram and it’ll be great homeserver

    • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      3·
      22 days ago

      Out of interest, I just looked up the actual benchmark scores.

      A ‘13 Pro with a Xeon 2697v2 scores 4891 on multi core

      My 15” M2 MacBook Air scores 9735 on the same.

      It’s astonishing how much Apple leapt ahead when the M-series chips dropped. Sure, the Intel machines on macOS still have their uses, (I’m typing this on a 2014 Mac mini that I use for work), but Apple have done an incredible job of flooding the market with solid hardware to install Linux on.