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Bought this MeLE Quieter3C fanless mini-PC.
Seems a nice little machine, and not too-slow like the mini-PC it's replacing.
Installing Debian wasn't entirely smooth though. Wifi drivers not in Debian 12 yet.
Had to install over ethernet and then figure out how to compile and install the wifi afterwards.
These being the ones in question: ( https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89 )
In particular the required incantation is:
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apt install dh-sequence-dkms debhelper build-essential devscripts make gcc build-essential git linux-headers-$(uname -r)
mkdir src
mkdir src/wifi
cd src/wifi/
git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89
cd rtw89/
git clean -xfd
git deborig HEAD
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
cd ..
dpkg -i rtw89-dkms_1.0.2-3_all.deb
modprobe -v rtw_8852ae
}}}Otherwise it seems a lovely machine.
Dunno why I sat around letting the default installed windows update before wiping it though. Wasted hours doing that for some reason. Then wasted ages figuring out the Debian wifi thing.
Still, the machine is plenty good enough now and my magic-mirror computer has progressed some.
Runs way hot though. Gonna have to be some careful case design when that part comes to avoid melting it.