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Thank you so much for the detailed response! I might be able to stretch out to 4GB RAM on the Pi
I've been finding it a bit difficult to understand the hardware part of things. For example, the hubzilla FAQ you shared says 512M and not MB. Does that not refer to RAM?
And I've also not been able to find any guides about the "levels" in hardware. If not the Pi, then what? How do I decide? How do I explore?
Yep, the M is for mb, that's for RAM in this case.
As for levels... That's not really that black and white, IMO, there's no "best" platform, it's always "it depends". I think you're fine with a pi, certainly for a while, and especially at the price point. Plenty of folks running fedi instances and Matrix off of 'em.
The only thing that comes close and has good software support would be a second hand small form factor office PCs, like HP mini PCs or the Lenovo ThinkCentre. Might buy you some expandability down the road, but it's slightly bigger, uses a bit more energy, choices. It depends.
Thank you! That's pretty reassuring.