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Discussion on: Make a Linux dev server for less than 50$/life 😱

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Sarthak Sharma

Interesting, well

Raspberry Pi :- 40$
SD Card :- 4$
Wifi dongle:- 5$

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David J Eddy

Wifi dongle:- 5$ (optional) ;)

TCO should include installation and power consumption costs.

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K

also hourly rate of the person installing and running that thing

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Sarthak Sharma

Oh Yeah 😂😅

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Thomas Werner

Raspberry Pi 3 B+ comes with Wifi included 😃 raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry...

I bought the one from Element14:
amazon.com/ELEMENT-Element14-Raspb...

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Sarthak Sharma

Yeah. I have that too 😊

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Thomas Redstone

Nice article, but it ain't for life!
The SD will almost certainly die sooner or later, the actual Pi might last a very long time though, maybe $100 over your lifetime (assuming your Pi just keeps going)