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im frequently disappointed by the quality of common hardware, and have resolved that the only way to go is a workstation class machine, dell have some nice ones and they are redhat certified. while more costly , much better value. Sent from my iPhone > On 12 Jul 2015, at 23:13, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Finally can't be put off.... > > I need a new machine for home. > > Whilst at some distant point in the past I would have had a clue what is current, > because I bought hardware, I've been deskilled by the cloud to the point where I > have no idea what is out there beyond those shiny and expensive DELL laptops aimed > at developers (I'm tempted but no....). > > I need a box that will run a free software operating system. > > It doesn't need to move (e.g. not a laptop). > > It needs to support several small virtual machines (think one to serve music/files > to house running a fair bit, several for testing stuff). Unlikely to run more than > 3 virtual machines are once. > > It needs to be quiet, and scale down power use effectively when not in use (e.g. > power management wants to be decent), since it'll never be switched off, but it > mustn't destroy the planet. > > I have previously backed up remote servers to this device, this should continue. > Also runs Nagios and related types of test/monitoring. > > I use it as desktop, previously GNOME (but not fussed as long as it is reasonably > sane). > > As I back-up to it, I will want disk mirroring, at least for any data (/home). > > I don't expect to use it for gaming, but basic 3D graphic support so that if I try > a game, or other program that requires it, it will at least run without me aging > too much. > > The old monitor whilst working fine is 1024x768, so will be replaced by something > with full HD, and big enough for my aging eyes. > > I'm in the lucky position where I can afford all sorts, but would prefer to spend > the money on cars/kitchens or possibly even retiring before I die. Guessing with > such modest requirements by today's standards this sort of box isn't going to be > as much as I spent on the current machine. > > Is there a compelling OS, hardware, graphics card, monitor combination I should > leap at? > > Is there any reason not to find a cheap tower-like box that supports 16GB of RAM > and that will run Debian, and fill it with the hardware of my choice. > > Oh and is there a good up to date tutorial on running server side filtering with > Postfix, and Dovecot (ala Sieve), since the box is still doing client side email > filtering for me and that sucks. Has to be filtering configurable by my relatives > (as they are no doubt still cursing me for being "relaxed" about replacing the > x509 certificate on the mail server). > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq