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github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/pull/3457

We can't decide anything, but we have the amazing Pull Request tool.
Norbert or Hans merged all the important PRs I made. Or they directed me on how to edit these PRs to make them acceptable to them.

I'm writing this here because I think it's a shame that you'll do some work that ends up in the depths of the forum.

Atom is the cpu.

I've had good results with 3rd gen 4 core i5s, specifically Lenovo M73 tower, works well enough for software step generation.

Ex corporate PCs (x86/64 platforms)seem to be best bang for buck, RPi5 with a NVMe drive are quite quick, latency is usable, I've had one on the test bench communicating with a 7i92 for a few weeks with no issues. Spent a few weeks in January putting together the RPi Linuxcnc images that are for upload.
Odroid have a good range of compact x86/64 boards, I have an earlier model H3 plus that's been in for 4 or 5 years.

Asrok J series MB work well, either 4 or dual core.

Personally I would choose option 3.
I have suggested to make individual GUIs more self contained and modular. Would clearly make the code base bigger but it would be a lot easier to maintain things in the long run an also make it a lot easier to clean out the outdated and broken ones.
But neither Gmoccapy nor any of the other guis are my projects so it is not my decision to make.