I recommended this SBC before the Raspberry Pi became impossible to buy – it holds up even better now
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The ZimaBoard 2 is presented as a superior alternative to the Raspberry Pi for home lab and server use cases. Powered by an Intel N150 x86 CPU, it offers better software compatibility than ARM-based Raspberry Pi boards, a PCIe 3.0 slot, dual Ethernet ports, SATA storage, and up to 16GB LPDDR5x RAM. The main trade-off is the absence of GPIO pins, making Raspberry Pi still the better choice for hardware/circuitry projects. With Raspberry Pi pricing remaining high and supply constrained, the ZimaBoard 2 is recommended as a more capable and compatible entry-level home server node.
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Unlike the Raspberry Pi 5, the ZimaBoard 2 packs an x86 CPUIt has enough storage provisions to serve as a backup workstationIts dual Ethernet ports deserve a shoutout, tooSort: