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Router Pi

A pi that acts as a router, dns and wifi access point for the rest of the network. To avoid overloading it, not much should be included for the micro-SD card. Nginx can be used for hosting static content for dashgl. (8GB)

Latte Panda

Set this up with CentOS 7, to be used with the FBX SDK, Amazon Kindle SDK, and to host KVM guests on the network. 256GB of micro-SD card should also be included for storing roms and rom files on the network via samba. Nginx can also be used to host static files.

Libreboard

Set this up with Ubuntu or Debian (which ever one works), and set up apache, php and mariadb to host a next cloud server on it, and also host images and media over the network with samba.

PSP

psx and psp. 64GB or 256?

Pi test bench

Raspberry pi 3 with 5″ 800×600 monitor running retro pi for running and testing ports, also Use nes romhacks, classic snes games, gba

Pi screen test 1

Raspberry pi 3 running 2.4″ 320×240 spi interface

Pi screen test 2

Raspberry pi 3 running 3.5″ 320×240 hdmi interface

Pi Screen test 3

Raspberry pi 3 running 3.5″ 800×600 spi interface

Pi Desktop

Raspberry pi 3B+ with i3wm desktop 64GB

Pretty happy with everything except for the redundant devices hosting services on the network. The latte panda is the one device that I definitely need to use because of the KVM host. I wonder if I can install to the 32GB of included eMMC for kvm (hosting windows xp for daemon tools), fbx sdk and kindle. And then I could host the network with a usb wifi adapter (for just my computer and cell phone). And then use a combination of storage for the applications (nextcloud -> micro-sd, samba-> usb), and then use nginx to host multiple domains locally.

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