Re: [GTALUG] NUC NUC NUC

| From: Giles Orr via talk | Lennart: One problem with claiming "my 6 year old X has higher specs" is | that it doesn't account for the generational differences in the Intel | chips. Our desktops got "upgraded" at work, but I was thoroughly | unimpressed because we went from an i5 to an i5, and

Re: [GTALUG] NUC NUC NUC

On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 11:38, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 05:05:52AM -0400, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm looking to upgrade my PC that's served me well for about 8 years, but > > it's starting to be unreliable and I can't upgrade the RAM

Re: [GTALUG] Q4OS anyone?

On Fri., May 17, 2019, 10:11 Ken Heard via talk, wrote: > > I am thinking of using the Q4OS operating system instead of Debian > Looks as if it missed its last update and the documentation is extremely sparse. It may be lovely, but Q4OS doesn't look like it has a big enough user community to be

Re: [GTALUG] NUC NUC NUC

On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 12:59:43PM -0400, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > There is an HDMI port to the Intel one as well as a Thunderbolt port to > handle Displayport video. I'll need to read up and figure what equipment > I'll need to split out 5.1 audio (with is currently done using an optical

Re: [GTALUG] NUC NUC NUC

On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 12:26:28PM -0400, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > Surprisingly to me, not the experience this time around. > > The NUC and Zotac models have easily been less expensive than any other > assembled-components or full system based on similar specs based on my > shopping.

Re: [GTALUG] NUC NUC NUC

On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 11:59, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > | I'm looking to upgrade my PC that's served me well for about 8 years, but > | it's starting to be unreliable and I can't upgrade the RAM beyond 4GB. > > Unreliable: probably not worth the effort to diagnose. > > Can't upgrade

Re: [GTALUG] NUC NUC NUC

| From: Evan Leibovitch via talk | I am currently looking at two NUC-form-factor barebones systems that use | the 8th gen Intel i7, an Intel model available through CC | $679.00 There is supposed to be one in

Re: [GTALUG] NUC NUC NUC

On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 11:39, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > Are you particularly attached to the tiny size for any reason? > Remember smaller always costs more for the same thing. > Surprisingly to me, not the experience this time around. The NUC and Zotac models have easily been less expensive

Re: [GTALUG] NUC NUC NUC

| From: Lennart Sorensen via talk | My 6 year old laptop has higher specs than that NUC, never mind what my | 6 year old desktop has in it. I guess they were a bit overkill at the | time and the reason I haven't had to upgrade anything in years (and | still don't). 1) yes they were overkill.

Re: [GTALUG] NUC NUC NUC

| From: Evan Leibovitch via talk | I'm looking to upgrade my PC that's served me well for about 8 years, but | it's starting to be unreliable and I can't upgrade the RAM beyond 4GB. Unreliable: probably not worth the effort to diagnose. Can't upgrade beyond 4G: Really? My 8-year-old desktop

Re: [GTALUG] NUC NUC NUC

On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 05:05:52AM -0400, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm looking to upgrade my PC that's served me well for about 8 years, but > it's starting to be unreliable and I can't upgrade the RAM beyond 4GB. So > I'm looking at a new desktop system that will be used

Re: [GTALUG] NUC NUC NUC

Hey Evan, If you are doing a lot of multimedia editing NUC form factor might not be the best as the CPU may run into cooling issues and thermal throttle under load. About a year ago I've built this Ryzen 5-based system on which I run the latest Debian and I'm pretty happy with it.

[GTALUG] Q4OS anyone?

Hi, I am thinking of using the Q4OS operating system instead of Debian because Q4OS is one of two distributions which includes the Trinity DE which I have been using for some time with Debian. I would appreciate comments from anyone here who uses or has some knowledge of this OS. Regards,

Re: [GTALUG] a simple security solution?

You might also want to consider logging wi-fi contacts at doorway. I came across this article on Probemon using the Pi. Not exactly a blanket solution but this could be usefully integrated with other things in order to generate access tokens and trigger recording events.

Re: [GTALUG] NUC NUC NUC

That's just a side effect of the NSA's mail scanner running at Gmail. On 5/17/19 8:09 AM, Scott Allen via talk wrote: On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 05:06, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: I'm looking to upgrade my PC Let's hope the new PC allows you to post messages that aren't in blue text. --

Re: [GTALUG] NUC NUC NUC

On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 05:06, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > I'm looking to upgrade my PC Let's hope the new PC allows you to post messages that aren't in blue text. -- Scott --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

[GTALUG] NUC NUC NUC

Hi all, I'm looking to upgrade my PC that's served me well for about 8 years, but it's starting to be unreliable and I can't upgrade the RAM beyond 4GB. So I'm looking at a new desktop system that will be used mainly for many-tabs-open browsing and multimedia editing using openshot, audacity,