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@RcrdSgrd Could you tell more details about the device, name / type and hardware configuration (CPU, RAM, GPU, Screen Size).

I had simply more luck 😉 or did something different. Installation and running debian on different machines, new and old ones, from Dell (Desktops and Laptops), Lenovo (Desktops and Laptops), intel nuc (Desktop) and Terra (Laptop), Razer (Laptop) was without any problems.

#linux #dell #vostro #latitude #precision #xps #lenovo #thinkpad #thinkcentre #intelnuc

@RcrdSgrd Could you tell more details about the device, name / type and hardware configuration (CPU, RAM, GPU, Screen Size).

I had simply more luck 😉 or did something different. Installation and running debian on different machines, new and old ones, from Dell (Desktops and Laptops), Lenovo (Desktops and Laptops), intel nuc (Desktop) and Terra (Laptop), Razer (Laptop) was without any problems.

#linux #dell #vostro #latitude #precision #xps #lenovo #thinkpad #thinkcentre #intelnuc

@RcrdSgrd Could you tell more details about the device, name / type and hardware configuration (CPU, RAM, GPU, Screen Size).

I had simply more luck 😉 or did something different. Installation and running debian on different machines, new and old ones, from Dell (Desktops and Laptops), Lenovo (Desktops and Laptops), intel nuc (Desktop) and Terra (Laptop), Razer (Laptop) was without any problems.

#linux #dell #vostro #latitude #precision #xps #lenovo #thinkpad #thinkcentre #intelnuc

@RcrdSgrd Could you tell more details about the device, name / type and hardware configuration (CPU, RAM, GPU, Screen Size).

I had simply more luck 😉 or did something different. Installation and running debian on different machines, new and old ones, from Dell (Desktops and Laptops), Lenovo (Desktops and Laptops), intel nuc (Desktop) and Terra (Laptop), Razer (Laptop) was without any problems.

#linux #dell #vostro #latitude #precision #xps #lenovo #thinkpad #thinkcentre #intelnuc

@RcrdSgrd Could you tell more details about the device, name / type and hardware configuration (CPU, RAM, GPU, Screen Size).

I had simply more luck 😉 or did something different. Installation and running debian on different machines, new and old ones, from Dell (Desktops and Laptops), Lenovo (Desktops and Laptops), intel nuc (Desktop) and Terra (Laptop), Razer (Laptop) was without any problems.

#linux #dell #vostro #latitude #precision #xps #lenovo #thinkpad #thinkcentre #intelnuc

Happy #ebay #intelnuc purchase - turned out to be a #crestron #UcEngine-Z which happens to have a #nuvoton #infrared receiver.

So as a combined #homeassistant #kodi #everythingBox it is very well setup. Only downside so far is no #HDR and no #HdmiCEC

Welche kompakten und leisen Systeme verwendet ihr für eure #Proxmox Umgebungen zu Hause? Ich habe aktuell einen #IntelNUC der langsam Alterserscheinungen zeigt und liebäugle mit einem #AsusNUC
Ich möchte #Homeassistant #Pangolin #Gitlab #Emby etc. nicht missen:)

Migration from #homeassistantcore and #pihole on an #RPi4 to an #IntelNuc is done. Gone #containerised for the move. Main motivations were #performance and #homeassistant deprecating everything except the #haos and #containerised versions.
Fairly straightforward to be honest, but just need to think about the user/permissions assumptions around the containers

The Problems with Cheap Mini PCs

In July, I began overhauling my home lab, anticipating the possibility of my job transitioning from VMWare to Nutanix. Thankfully, Nutanix has a community edition to play around with in a home lab environment. As a result, I needed to get some more mini PCs. I eventually bought two Minisforum A1s to create two of the three nodes needed (the last node is virtualized on the Ryzen 9 5900 X ESXi box, which only hosts Prism Central).

So why use a Mini PC? The main advantages of using them over a whole desktop or rack of servers are that they take up less space and use less energy. Advancements in mobile CPUs make them viable not only for use in a server, but also as a replacement for a whole desktop. These reasons make them popular in home lab setups. Since I live in a townhome, there isn’t much space for a dedicated gaming setup, so a mini PC is the way to go.

Of course, I took parts from a Minisforum NPB6, which was running ESXi, but the RAM and SSD went to a second Minisforum A1, meaning I have a Mini PC I was not using. I considered turning it into a gaming PC, given I have a Radeon RX 7900 XTX that I might use for some projects. The plan is to use an OCULink GPU dock to get better performance out of the GPU. It will be about 5-10% slower compared to being in a full x16 PCIe slot. OCULink is essentially an external PCIe x4 connection that is faster than Thunderbolt 3 and 4, provided it’s PCIe 4.0, but it’s not hot-swappable.

After ordering new RAM, an SSD, a USB4 SSD enclosure, and an OcuLink GPU dock, I put them together. However, I encountered a few issues because Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC wouldn’t boot from the USB4 port, which offers faster speeds. As a result, I had to use the USB 3 port, which is slightly slower. That is okay, until the instability kicks in. It was unstable, freezing when in a game. I, of course, left it on overnight, and when I remote into it, it comes up with a black screen. The GPU wasn’t working again.

I eventually gave up on the Minisforum and went to something that I can trust: an Intel NUC, or rather an Asus one. I have prior experience with NUCs, as they are reliable machines. My parents bought one for use in the living room that I set up as a cable box replacement with the use of an HD Homerun Prime, which was in service until 2018. The second one, bought in June of 2020 from Microcenter, is a NUC 10 Core i7 Performance model, which was the first real home lab server I bought for VMWare ESXi. It still runs to this day and has been running 24/7 for over 5 years.

However, when I wanted to add another Intel mini PC, I found that NUCs are expensive, and Intel has announced that they are no longer making them (Asus now makes them). I chose a Minisforum Venus NPB6 because it offers USB4 and a fast Intel CPU, which is necessary for live migration. However, the flaws became apparent when I made it into a gaming/workstation for Windows-only apps. Well, the first is the instability, which I couldn’t figure out. Also, these models have a lot of complaints of being unreliable.

The problem with most cheap mini PCs from Minisforum, Beelink, Geekom, etc., is that they often lack quality and have poor support. The companies that sell them are Chinese companies, and to get any service, you would have to send them back on your dime and wait a long time to get it fixed. There is also controversy about having to pay a depreciation fee just to get a replacement, at least from  Minisforum, which is anti-consumer. Also, they do not stand behind their products, which is a recurring theme not only in the Chinese mini PC space, but also in gaming handhelds. These issues arise from questionable design choices and inadequate quality control, particularly when compared to larger companies like Lenovo, a Chinese company that typically experiences fewer issues and offers customer support across multiple countries.

That said, should you avoid buying them? Well, you have to do your research and figure out if it’s worth the risk to have the extra features that mainstream models don’t have. If you’re looking for a reliable product with good customer service, consider buying from a well-known brand like Apple, Asus, Asrock, Gigabyte, HP, Dell, or Lenovo. That is what I ultimately did as I bought a NUC 14 Pro Tall with an Intel Core Ultra 155h from Microcenter. It performed better than the Minisforum and didn’t crash after an hour of use with an Oculink eGPU. Also, having two NVMe slots means I don’t have to use an external SSD to boot.

While it costs a bit more, at least Asus stands behind its products. Sure, there have been controversies with getting repairs done under warranty, but at least you won’t get ghosted or have to pay for shipping and fees to get your item repaired.

That said, while the mini PCs coming from smaller Chinese companies may look cool, one has to consider the risks and tradeoffs. If you need something more reliable for critical workloads or something of better quality, consider getting a used mini/micro/tiny PC from HP/Dell/Lenovo, or opting for a NUC or NUC-like option from Asus, Asrock, Gigabyte, or MSI. Alternatively, you can just buy a Mac mini or a Mac Studio.

#Beelink #IntelNuc #miniPcs #Minisforum #opinion #personalExperiences

Report: Apple plans mini-er Mac mini, its first design update in 14 years - Enlarge / Apple's M2 Pro Mac mini. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)

... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2041901 #applesilicon #applem4pro #intelnuc #applem4 #macmini #apple #m4pro #tech #m4

Cha cha changes.
New set up configuration for the 32 WiFi radio system.
More to come.
#WiFi #WarDrive #KismetWireless @kismetwireless #ZimaBoard @l#ZimaBoard #MediaTek #mediatek_inc #WiFi6E
#AllYourWiFiAreBelongToUs #Intel #Nuc #IntelNuc #MiniCircuits #LotusSys

ASUS To Take Over Intel NUC Business #asus #graphics #hardware #intel #intelnuc #pccase #processor

https://www.lowyat.net/2023/304052/asus-to-take-over-intel-nuc-business/

Just Posted: The article discusses the utilization of hardware beyond Intel's NUC for edge deployments, exploring platforms from Lenovo, Nvidia, and others, emphasizing the benefits of ARM-based solutions for edge AI applications. It also highlights the trend of deploying applications at the edge driven by advancements in hardware and software capabilities. #EdgeHardware #IntelNUC #ARM #NvidiaJetson #EdgeAI #
https://utilizingtech.com/podcast/season-5/hardware-beyond-the-nuc-with-julian-chesterfield-of-sunlight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hardware-beyond-the-nuc-with-julian-chesterfield-of-sunlight
#EdgeComputing #EdgeHardware #IntelNUC #UtilizingEdge

#SymLink: The article explores the diverse range of edge hardware options beyond the Intel NUC, including platforms from Lenovo and Nvidia, with a focus on ARM-based solutions and the importance of security in edge deployments, driven by changing consumer and business expectations. #EdgeHardware #IntelNUC #ARM #NvidiaJetson #EdgeComputing #EdgeDeployments #Sunlight #UtilizingTech @GestaltIT @sfoskett
https://gestaltit.com/all/stephen/edge-hardware-beyond-the-nuc-with-julian-chesterfield-of-sunlight-utilizing-tech-05x12/
#EdgeComputing #EdgeHardware #IntelNUC #UtilizingEdge

Intel більше не фінансує підрозділ NUC – випуском та підтримкою міні-ПК займуться партнери https://itc.ua/ua/novini/intel-bilshe-ne-finansuye-pidrozdil-nuc-vypuskom-ta-pidtrymkoyu-mini-pk-zajmutsya-partnery/ #Пристрої #barebone #IntelNUC #Мини-ПК #Новини #Intel #NUC

Intel більше не фінансує підрозділ NUC – випуском та підтримкою міні-ПК займуться партнери https://itc.ua/ua/novini/intel-bilshe-ne-finansuye-pidrozdil-nuc-vypuskom-ta-pidtrymkoyu-mini-pk-zajmutsya-partnery/ #Пристрої #barebone #IntelNUC #Мини-ПК #Новини #Intel #NUC

Don’t be suspicious
Don’t be suspicious

Short test run with the antenna combiners and amplifiers for the loss of signal. Seems stable. Running an older version of KismetWireless Nightly builds. The rig has been on a shelf in parts for almost 2 months.

LoLz.

#RGBSoThePacketsMoveSmoothly
#WarDrive #WiFi #LessAntennasMoreGooder #AllYourWiFiAreBelongToUs #ZimaBoard #Hak5 #Hak5Coconut #IntelNuc #NUC #Acceltex #KismetWireless #SquidBoard

Worked on the antenna combiner and the mini amps needed.

Significant loss on the antenna combiner and RF amplification to the radios help eliminate that loss.

Initial test with basic antennas seems to be very solid. Need to bolt everything down and get it back into the car. #WiFi #WarDrive #LotusSys #MiniCircuits #RF #IntelNUC #ZimaBoard #Hak5WiFiCoconut #CollectAllTheWiFi

VirtualNate.Net Home Lab
Home Lab Time

I haven't updated my lab configuration in a while so I decided to do some upgrades and updates now that I've moved into my n
https://blog.virtualnate.net/wordpress/2023/01/24/virtualnate-net-home-lab/
#MoshPit #technology #VendorProducts #vmware #alexa #apple #Dell #ESXiOnArm #ESXiOnPi #homelab #intelnuc #ios #ipad #lightboard #Linux #Mac #NSX #raspberrypi4 #SASE #synology #thinclient #vCenter #velocloud #vmware #vrealize #vrops #vSphere #Windows

#RukiiNet #SelfHosting update:
Just after writing this #Curie went down again, and it didn't help that the #NFS pods were all on a different node. It all went down regardless.

Even got some data corruption again, it's always a huge manual hassle to bring everything back up. I read somewhere that #MicroK8S tends to be bad with hard reboots if some specific singleton cluster pods like coredns or calico or nfc controller or hostpath provisioner are on the node which goes down. I wonder if it's possible to just add replicas for those...

I found a new (old and known) bug with #OpenEBS, and a mitigation. In some cases, #Jiva has replicas in a readonly state for a moment as it syncs the replicas, and if the moon phase is correct, there's an apparent race condition where the iSCSI mounts become read-only, even though the underlying volume has already become read-write.

To fix this is to go to the node which mounted these, do "mount | grep ro,", and ABSOLUTELY UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE UNMOUNT (learned the hard way). Instead, I think it's possible to just remount these rw.

There's also an irritating thing where different pods run their apps with different UIDs, and the Dynamic NFS Provisioner StorageClass needs to be configured to mount the stuff with the same UID. I originally ran this by just setting chmod 0777, but the apps insist on creating files with a different permission set, so when their files get remounted, their permissions stay but the UID changes, and after a remount they don't have write access to the files anymore.

This compounds with the fact that each container runs on its own UID, so each needs its own special StorageClass for that UID... Gods.

I got the new #IntelNUC for the fourth node in the cluster to replace the unstable Curie node, but memories for it are coming Thursday.

#RukiiNet #SelfHosting update:
After fighting with an unstable host due to memories I believe, and the whole cluster always going down when one node went down, I deep dove into what actually happens.

Turned out as I had installed #OpenEBS #Jiva for replicating volumes on my #MicroK8S using their official Helm charts, it didn't work at all. It just made all the replicas correctly, went through all the motions and then stored all the data on a single pod ephemeral store! I had to take the cluster down to investigate, that took a weekend more or less.

I found out that if OpenEBS Jiva is installed as a MicroK8S plug-in, pointing it specifically to their Git main, and not to a tagged release which doesn't work, then it works. I tried to find out the difference between the Helm chart this installs and the one I had installed, with no luck. I think I installed OpenEBS Jiva Helm chart before and that didn't work, while MicroK8S plug-in installs OpenEBS chart with Jiva enabled as a setting.

Anyhow, ordered a new #IntelNUC again, to reduce my maintenance actions due to one flaky node as well. But as I recreated basically the whole cluster with functioning OpenEBS now, and restored all the (daily) backups once again, it seems everything works and probably single node going down shouldn't take the whole Mastodon down anymore regardless.

During all this I have also filed a lot of issues to the relevant projects on GitHub and documented my findings there, so that people getting the same errors can find solutions.

New home lab kit has arrived! 👌

#Intel #IntelNUC #HybridCloud #Azure #AzureArc #WindowsServer #WindowsServer2022

OK, That's all Folks.

My December #WarDrive @ArkFromWiGLE Canon Ball Run has been completed.

Dropped 320K new #WiFi into #Wigle for December.

Broke 2M Mark.

Grabbed 1M New WiFi in 140 Days.

Jumped to 29 on the chart as of today.

Thanks everyone out there.

@kismetwireless #AllYourWiFiAreBelongToUs #LongIsland #ZimaBoard #SBC #Linux #ubuntu #Pentoo #KismetWireless #Intel #NUC #IntelNUC