I have used several refurb business Dell Optiplexes for Rivendell and other Linux systems which have lasted for years. I did not like the new personal Dell desktops on the lower end and I had a big fight loading CentOS 7 on a new Lenovo, mainly because of how the newer UEFI and BIOS works. The last time I messed with it the system worked much easier, but of course I knew to use legacy settings in the BIOS. I'm no expert... FWIW.
Tom Van Gorkom Radio Esperanza Engineering, KRIO AM/FM, KOIR FM Office: 956-380-8150 Cell: 865-803-7427 Rio Grande Bible Institute 4300 S US Hwy 281 Edinburg, TX 78539 On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 2:40 PM Rich Stivers <r...@stivers-bros.com> wrote: > Fred: > > Thanks for this information. I bought a couple of Windows PC's in this > time frame and was fortunate to have missed this problem. > > Rich > > > On 12/2/2018 06:40, Fred Gleason wrote: > > On Dec 2, 2018, at 04:55, Rich Stivers <r...@stivers-bros.com> wrote: > > Has anyone had any positive or negative experiences with installing Centos > 7 on an Optiplex 3060 Tower? Seems like I > remember someone mentioning Dell motherboard capacitors failing. > > > That was much more an industry-wide problem, (allegedly due to problems > with certain passive component suppliers in eastern Asia), which reached > its peak in the mid/late-2000s and has been in steady decline ever since. I > have no specific experience with the Dell Optiplex line, but I would not > expect it to have any particular problems with failed capacitors relative > to any other reputable brand. > > You can read more about the ‘capacitor plague’ of the early 21st century > at: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague > > Cheers! > > > |----------------------------------------------------------------------| > | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer | > | | Paravel Systems | > |----------------------------------------------------------------------| > | A room without books is like a body without a soul. | > | -- Cicero | > |----------------------------------------------------------------------| > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing > listRivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.orghttp://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev >
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