On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Nicholas Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm running an Ubuntu VM on my macbook but I want more cpu/ram and so > I am going to buy/build a linux desktop/server. > > My minimum requirements are: 4 cores, 8 GB RAM, 2 TB HardDrive. My > plan is to put it in my basement (so I don't mind if it's noisy) and > ssh into it from my macbook.
Depending on what you're using the linux box for, you may get away with a very cheap VM. I pay $5.95 a month to http://buyvm.net. For my basic needs, it is cheaper than maintaining a box and I have a linux box with a static ip and with a lot of bandwidth. (note that these super cheap VMs do not have any guarantee of uptimes but the historical use for me has been great and downtime isn't really an issue to me) /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
