June 2020

Right. With the pandemic and all none of us are going to travel much but still...

About a year ago I purchased myself an OpenWRT router to use on the plane and in hotels.

And so far I really like both the device and the Hong Kong based brand (launching new and updated products, and releasing relatively regular updates for older products). Pick a device that fits your needs (USB powered? LTE? Small form factor?).

All right. With the release of the new RPi4 with 8Gb of RAM I had to get myself one to see if it was already a viable desktop replacement for surfing and emails.

While a SD card works fine for certain tasks (things that don't require a lot of IO) -- for a desktop that's a no-go... It's just too slow.

I still had an old Macbook Pro 13" (2o15?) SSD lying around that was collecting dust. Why not use that one to use as root for the RPi?