Hermes Agent & OpenClaw PSA: You don't need a Mac Mini (or similarly priced) to get involved. Remember the three R's (Repair, Reuse, Recycle). Find or acquire old kit, and set it up. My first toe-in-the-water was a 2009 Mac Mini that was collecting dust (rebuilt with Lubuntu). Only 2Ghz Core 2 Duo and 4GB ram. I put an old SSD in it, and started trying OpenClaw. The joy was sparked from there. Have since moved to another older PC that I had, a Dell Micro 3040 (Intel 6100T based), and it's working great now. Does pretty much everything I need it to do, and this machine hosts both an OpenClaw agent team, and a Hermes Agent instance. It's been so much fun, and you can always VPS, but extra enjoyment is thrown in from getting new life out of these old devices, and in such a modern way. Loving agentic AI and these platforms!

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