Re: [RDD] Centos 7 & Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower

Tom: Many thanks for sharing your experiences. I've had trouble with a Lenovo as well. Which models of the new personal Dell desktops did you not like? Rich On 12/2/2018 14:00, Tom Van Gorkom wrote: I have used several refurb business Dell Optiplexes for Rivendell and other Linux systems wh

Re: [RDD] Centos 7 & Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower

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

Re: [RDD] Centos 7 & Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower

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 > wrote: Has anyone had any positive or n

Re: [RDD] Centos 7 & Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower

Al: Thanks for the response. I'm glad the bad cap issue is long gone. I went to the Centos website and they say the UEFI issues have been resolved for Centos 7. Rich On 12/2/2018 04:58, Al Peterson wrote: The Dell capacitor issue was resolved a good number of years ago. Lots of mobos suffer

Re: [RDD] Centos 7 & Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower

Cliff: Many Thanks for the response. This is good news for me! Rich On 12/2/2018 07:15, Cliff Osbourne wrote: My personal experience with Optiplex machines has been good. I have always found them to be reliable workhorses and have had no problems with them running both Windows and various

Re: [RDD] Centos 7 & Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower

Pardon my typing The last line should have said "I wouldn't expect you to have any problems. ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev

Re: [RDD] Centos 7 & Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower

My personal experience with Optiplex machines has been good. I have always found them to be reliable workhorses and have had no problems with them running both Windows and various Linux systems. In the case of Quasar we are currently running two that have behaved faultlessly since we launched i

Re: [RDD] Centos 7 & Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower

On Dec 2, 2018, at 04:55, Rich Stivers 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 t

[RDD] Centos 7 & Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower

I had asked earlier this year about getting a new PC to run Centos 6. Now I'm looking to buy new PC's to run Centos 7. Station Management doesn't want me to buy refurbished PC's so I'm considering buying new Dell Optiplex 3060 Towers. Has anyone had any positive or negative experiences with ins