Friday, May 19, 2017

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] A PC

 

Scott, Jeff, and All,
I didn't get the Lenovo machine I was talking about. Best Buy had a Dell
desktop with an i3 7th gen processor, 8G RAM, and 1T hard drive on sale
for $349 plus tax.

In trying to install Ubuntu, the keyboard would unpredictably freeze up.
It would freeze up where I would select the network (wifi or cable) and
then sometimes it would not. It would freeze up where I would backspace
to enter my user name, and sometimes it would not.

This is a 64-bit machine, but I am trying to install Ubuntu configured
for a 32-bit machine. The Geek at Best Buy said 32-bit Ubuntu will work
okay on the 64-bit machine, but maybe installing a 32-bit instead of a
64-bit Ubuntu is the cause of the keyboard freezing up. (the reason I am
installing 32-bit is because that is what I had downloaded months ago to
play with Ubuntu on my old desktop that is 32-bit).

I called Best Buy again and talked to another Geek at the Geek Squad.
This one said he would not recommend installing 32-bit on a 64-bit
machine and that may be the reason why the keyboard sometimes freezes
up. So, I went to Ubuntu's website of free downloads
http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04.2/
I do not see a download for a server operating system for an i3 64-bit
machine. I see server OS for a 64-bit AMD machine, but not for an i3.
Should I return the pc and get a machine with a 64-bit AMD processor?
Could there be a problem with the pc that is causing the keyboard to
freeze up? It would do it with the keyboard that came with the machine
and an old Dell keyboard I have. I tried unplugging the key board and
putting it back in the USB port but that had no effect.
Stan

On 5/9/2017 10:13 AM, Scott scottro@nyc.rr.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 09:50:21AM -0700, Stan Gorodenski stanlep@commspeed.net [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Jeff. Questions inserted below.
>>
>> On 5/9/2017 7:28 AM, J dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> Would this be sufficient for a web/file server, possibly a discussion
>>>> group in the future? It seems I remember reading some where that a
>>>> server should have at least 8G ram. It can be increased to 8G on this
>>>> machine but it has only one slot and so I would have to spend another
>>>> $50 or so for another memory card.
>>>> Stan
>>>>
>>> For what you described, this is probably more than enough for your use
>>> case. The only upgrade I may consider, given the parameters you
>>> describe, would be a pair of 2TB or larger HDDs and set up as a
>>> software raid mirror to provide a modicum of local redundancy.
>>>
>>>
>> The machine comes with 4G ram. Should I upgrade to 8G?
>> The machine comes with a 0.5TB hard drive. I am uncertain what the
>> advantage of a pair of 2TB HDDs is. Could you elaborate some?
>>
> Not that I presume to speak for Jeff, but he's saying that it's probably not
> necessary to upgrade the RAM. If you thought it was going to be a heavily
> loaded server, then it might be worth
> considering, but from what you describe, 4G should be adequate.
>
> Jeff is suggesting setting up RAID so that if one drive died, you could
> replace it. That being said, if you're not expecting to have a lot of data,
> you may not need 2 TB. However, it would give you a bit of leeway if your
> content expanded. He's saying 2 drives so that you could create a RAID-1
> mirror, meaning that if one drive dies, you still have the second
> one running.
>
>
>

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