From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 6/26/2025 4:53 AM, Monsieur wrote:   
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:43:19 +0200, Monsieur wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Or will any old mini pc do just fine for Mint?   
   >>   
   >> I set up an MSI Cubi 5 for a friend, running Mint Cinnamon. This was to   
   >> introduce a young child, son of a friend of his, to the joys of retro   
   >> gaming under PCem. I set up a “captive” account which would boot the   
   >> Windows-98 emulator as soon as you logged in, and quitting that would log   
   >> you out again.   
   >   
   > That's about what I want to use it for too. Normal daily work stuff,   
   watching videos and running emulators and a few VM's from time to time.   
   >   
   > Preferably without the cooling fans freaking out, like the ones on my   
   current desktop.   
      
   Depending on platform, there are some pretty   
   easy fixes for that. On mine, I could use "ECO Mode".   
   It's a waste of money (it turns off half the CPU),   
   but it is quieter. You can also turn off Turbo,   
   which should make a big difference as well. If   
   your cores are locked together in the BIOS, unlock   
   them, so they each have a different frequency. At   
   idle, only one or two cores would have any significant   
   clock frequency.   
      
      Paul   
      
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