Here is my newest Linux dev machine I put together recently. It is an Intel NUC BXNUC10I7FNK1 , 2 x Samsung 32GB DDR4 2666MHz and a fast Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB NVMe M.2 Internal SSD. I do not need a monitor or a keyboard, since this machine will run headless and I will only SSH into it from my Mac. Took very little time to put it together. Just opened the NUC case, installed the SSD and the memory sticks. I installed Ubuntu server on it. Downloaded the image from ubuntu.com , then created a boot image on a memory stick and used it to install the OS. This new machine is powerful enough to run few VMs, many Docker containers and Kubernetes. And all was about $900 which is quite affordable.
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