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I've used it for more than a year now, it's really helpful in writing boilerplate code, a really good auto-complete. That is pretty much what I use it for.
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I was slow to realize the benefits of it for C++. Recently, I needed to wrap a complicated templated class (CUDA Thrust host_vector and some others), and I asked the GitHub Copilot chat to generate wrappers using the private-implementation pattern (pimpl pattern).
It gave me a fantastic start to it, throwing in the right include files. It did not make wrappers for 100% of it, but I was able to fill in the missing pieces easily enough. In fact, its inline suggestions in Visual Studio 2022 often saved me a whole bunch of typing. Once it saw that I was repeating a pattern (wrapping a class using the pimpl pattern), the inline suggestions saved me typing boiler-plate stuff for levels of indirection and such.
Other useful things I have asked it are to write me a CUDA algorithm that does something pretty specific. Sooo useful. However, the Windows Copilot (free) seems similarly capable as long as it does not need to see your code.
GitHub Copilot knows how you like to name your identifiers (m_width_meters vs m_width_pixels, for example). Those little touches have got me hooked.
If I am confused about how to invoke a C++ standard-library function, I ask for an example program.
Am I twice as productive? No. But I'm hooked.
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I've received a lot of help on this so thanks all - I'm kinda leaning towards this
Beelink
thoughts peeps ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Quote: Operating system DOS
Well that should be a nice change from Windows 11. 
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I noticed that Richard - I don't really care what's on it as I'll put Debian on it immediately.
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 1-Aug-24 10:32am.
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Looks good, featuring a cool Ryzen (15W TDP).
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-- Rigoletto
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Quote: Operating system DOS
I'm hoping their product description is a bit off.
Aside from that, it looks like a good little workhorse machine. AMD is good here due to having better onboard video than intel.
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Video stuff is wasted on me as it will be run headless but you never know
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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You can still use it for transcoding (for like DLNA to serve movies to your smart TV for example), or for reencoding video.
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Way overpowered for most Linux... The fact that is is low power Ryzen should solve youe problem with noise (as probably the origin ot that is heat which leads to fan activity)...
Probaly will go for decades...
"It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox
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Will be somewhat future proof, though I'd argue that "overpowered for linux", while probably true for pkfox's use case, all depends on what you intend to do with that linux box.
If he decides to serve DLNA to his smart TV's he'll need a bit of CPU heft.
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Hence the 'most' part 
"It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox
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Would changing the fan on the original system be possible?
It might be a cheap option.
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No the fan is fine it's just noisy - as these NUC's get on in years they run hot at the slightest provocation - then the fan cuts in and it's noisy. I'll keep it as a NAS or something.
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I think his point was that some fans are quieter than others. A lot quieter! Well, maybe the greatest noise level change came about ten years ago or thereabouts, but even since then, newer fans tend to be significantly less noisy than older ones.
Fortunately, the great majority of fans follow a standard. Of course: The good thing about standards ... But given the size (of which there are a handful alternatives) the major difference is the control mechanism, identified by the plug - 3 or 4 pins.
I suggest that you do not entirely reject a fan replacement, even if you buy yourself a new Linux box. Whether you keep the old box as a backup, or e.g. leave it to some young relative, reducing the noise will significantly raise its useness value.
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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Seems like overkill.
I just used an old PC I had laying around, Linux likes themjust fine.
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Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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$374?
Stop being an engineer and overanalyzing. Looks like a solid box, and you might want to buy 2.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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This looks an awful lot like the pair I got, and are currently both hosting my VMs after a 64GB RAM upgrade. And with the £100 voucher right now on the page you linked to, you can't go wrong.
Heck, the same page has the same thing but with 16GB, at £315 and an extra £80 off. Personally I'd go with that, and buy a separate 64GB kit (2x32GB DDR4).
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