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what are some of the best purchases you've made ? (aussie.zone)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I bought cast iron pan which I think is the best ever purchase I made.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you got one with a decent CPU it’s also quite the little workhorse of a home server via its apps and Docker.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mine is quite old now but has always been slow a molasses. Maybe I should upgrade.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I went from 212j to 920+ and it’s night and day in terms of what it can do. It was also $400 more so there is that.

It has been a fun hobby to nerd out learning Docker, networking magic, VPNs, and such. It may tun into full-blown Linux on a PC at some point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

If you go the full Linux desktop route, I recommend installing a hypervisor like proxmox to make it easy to spin up and manage VM's and containers off the bare metal.

A lot more work to setup than a NAS like Synology, but having some more control over the setup and tailoring it to your needs makes it worth it imo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the tip, i didn’t actually 100% understand what proxmox was until you said that it is a hypervisor.

I have a NUC that I accidentally stole from my last job that may become my hobby PC. I will probably try a distro on bare metal to get my feet wet but then take it to there. Or maybe a USB distro to start? I haven’t put much thought into it yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah, just try some stuff, then wipe it and try something else. Do that until you have an idea of what you want to try more of.