tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000067919243237480.post6660860914311485761..comments2021-04-14T11:17:08.764-07:00Comments on Reflections on Technology and Society: Two Intel NUC servers running Ubuntunygeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08058861127802416012noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000067919243237480.post-80669938400075988142014-05-14T05:07:59.000-07:002014-05-14T05:07:59.000-07:00Reblogged this on The Reader Voice.Reblogged this on <a href="http://readervoice.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/two-intel-nuc-servers-running-ubuntu/" rel="nofollow">The Reader Voice</a>.ansarkhan053http://rupee4u.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000067919243237480.post-78798570745478727642014-08-28T21:34:43.000-07:002014-08-28T21:34:43.000-07:00So what was the purpose of the exercise? I mean wh...So what was the purpose of the exercise? I mean what do you use them for? Can you link to the YouTube video which shows the firmware update?<br>I tried installing Windows 7 from a boot stick but got a blues-screen complaining about the device not being ACPI compatible. I had to adjust the BIOS to choose both legacy and UEFI options on boot but as my preferred OS had to choose Win 7 over Win 8 I'm sure a lot of people get this issue?Neville Scollophttp://www.zeklink.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000067919243237480.post-31523739492571564772014-08-31T08:20:57.000-07:002014-08-31T08:20:57.000-07:00The purpose?Well, as an old UNIX geek I wanted to ...The purpose?<br><br>Well, as an old UNIX geek I wanted to have some systems to play on. I wanted to have "enough" that I could keep my sysadmin-at-scale chops going. We now have a total of five machines - our original Dell machine running Ubuntu 12.04 plus four of these little NUC machines.<br><br>In addition, my son has been doing some Wordpress consulting (and I do some pro-bono web work as well) and I wanted some Dev servers that we could play on without exposing our screwups to the cold hard Internet.<br><br>Beyond that, in RL I run infrastructure for a midsize firm and I like to keep my hand in so that when people make assertions that I don't believe I have a way to independently verify technical reality.<br><br>And I wanted to run DNS and DHCP on my home network so that I could stop referring to the printer in the kitchen as 10.0.0.200 and instead call it simply kitchen.<br><br>Plus, it's sort of cool to have a tiny little data center in my apartment! (OK, I'm an unashamed geek. So sue me.)<br><br>The YouTube video was linked from the Intel site.<br><br>The Google search I used to find it is: "site:intel.com nuc bios download"<br><br>The page on which I found the YouTube video is: http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-034499.htm.<br><br>The actual video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FhxqEZqY5cnygeekhttp://nygeek.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000067919243237480.post-4779256491243527182014-09-04T16:55:01.000-07:002014-09-04T16:55:01.000-07:00Do you think these small boxes (Intel NUCs) are po...Do you think these small boxes (Intel NUCs) are powerful enough as LTSP servers (Ubuntu)? Can they power 4~5 thin clients for light development work? I have a bunch of HP T5740s and initially thought Mac Mini maxed out should do but more driver issues and expensive. <br><br>- A geek at heart!Kirannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000067919243237480.post-81261262202696489392014-09-05T13:52:51.000-07:002014-09-05T13:52:51.000-07:00I don't know much about LTSP, but some casual ...I don't know much about LTSP, but some casual Googling and reading suggests that each of my configurations is stronger than what at some folks are using to support 20 users. YMMV, of course.nygeekhttp://nygeek.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000067919243237480.post-77253825779005611452014-09-30T19:02:02.000-07:002014-09-30T19:02:02.000-07:00Thanks a lot! ;)Thanks a lot! ;)Neville Scollophttp://www.zeklink.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000067919243237480.post-67972118342396753022014-10-17T09:23:34.000-07:002014-10-17T09:23:34.000-07:00Hi, I'm a bit late to the game but I'm loo...Hi, I'm a bit late to the game but I'm looking to use a NUC as a home server but I've read loads of pain about using them 'headless'. It looks like you're using (at least one of them) without a monitor. Is that the case?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>RussellRussell Nashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000067919243237480.post-54894904151242365182014-10-17T11:42:35.000-07:002014-10-17T11:42:35.000-07:00I'm using them *all* headless. I plug in a ke...I'm using them *all* headless. I plug in a keyboard and mouse and use my HD TV via HDMI during initial setup.<br><br>I added two more and got automatic install working (I will post about that) but BIOS update, which you need to do to boot Linux, still needs keyboard and display.nygeekhttp://nygeek.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000067919243237480.post-57051306649807632242014-11-08T02:52:01.000-08:002014-11-08T02:52:01.000-08:00[…] Which brought the total expense to $ 297.73, s...[…] Which brought the total expense to $ 297.73, substantially cheaper than the more highly configured i5-based servers that we described in a previous post. 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