I have plenty of relatives without money or resources and $150 is something they can all afford.
It's not even the floor of the amount of money needed (Here's a used NUC for $30 [1]), but rather just showing that a new system can be had for a lot less than many people expect.
You are the one divorced from reality if you think there's an army of poor orphans running modern linux on pentium pros.
Affording rent and health insurance is a FAR bigger issue than being able to throw a little money towards a new computer once every 10 years.
I have plenty of relatives without money or resources and $150 is something they can all afford.
It's not even the floor of the amount of money needed (Here's a used NUC for $30 [1]), but rather just showing that a new system can be had for a lot less than many people expect.
You are the one divorced from reality if you think there's an army of poor orphans running modern linux on pentium pros.
Affording rent and health insurance is a FAR bigger issue than being able to throw a little money towards a new computer once every 10 years.
[1] https://www.ebay.com/itm/366000004972?_skw=NUC&itmmeta=01KAY...