lucullus

I want something with some beef on it. I want to experiment with an Openshift cluster and that needs quite some resources. So I decided to go with the mentioned NUC.

Ok, I will check them tomorrow (I really need to sleep soon, as its already 2am). I mainly want to experiment with different technologies, that I already know from work. Openshift, Docker, Puppet and Ansible for example.

Currently I'm not focussing on media stuff, more on experimenting with different technologies, that I use for work (like Openshift, Docker, Puppet, Ansible). Having dedicated hardware, that gets me further than some small VMs on my PC will be great for that.

Though I might move to media stuff in the future. Heard a lot about jellyfin, for example. Though then I need to upgrade my home network too. It still is limited to 100mbit. But I already have wired connections through most of the house.

Thanks for your fast answer

It's good to know about the possibility with thunderbolt network adapters. I think I've already read about that somewhere. At this point I haven't really though about high speed network connection (my home network still runs on slow 100mbit routers and switches). Thanks for that tip

Ok, that sounds like a solid recommendation for the NUC. I think I can live without IPMI, especially since this is the start of my homelab (besides my RaspberryPis)

I've heard a lot about proxmox and I will definitely try it out before any other solution. Running VMs and containers side by side is a great plus.

At this point I haven't really looked at the router-with-custom-firmware game. I heard about openWRT and OPNsense, but I definitely need to do some research on that. Interesting site, though it looks terrible on mobile.

Thanks for your recommendations

In fact I already have a Synology NAS, that I have my backups on. I guess as long as the data connection doesn't need to be high speed, I can use some space on that (or even upgrade the 2TB space in my NAS in the longrun). So I probably don't need a full tower. My main concern was, if a NUC would be overpriced in relation to other similar products.

Every evening in bed I hear audiobooks for a bit. Simple wired in-ears are good for laying on your side (only one side in) while they won't be lost that easily as wireless ear buds. Also they never need to be recharged

I've not read it, but just looked at the synopsis on Wikipedia. I'm definitely putting this in my ToRead list. Thanks for the recommendation

I just finishef Accelerando by Charles Stross, a really weird and complex scifi novel with lots of interesting concepts. And now I started Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut.

Nö, nicht möglich. Vom Urheberecht ja, aber die Personen haben ja das Recht am eigenen Bild und da ist widerspruch immer möglich. Der Fotograf darf dann die gesamte Person rauszensiren und des Rest weiter veröffentlichen

It was a friend who helped me install ubuntu 8 on my PC in dualboot when I was like 14/15 years old. Was already a computer nerd, though my friend was way more into everything Linux related. I got hooked there, though at that time it was a real pain in the ass to use wifi in ubuntu. I wouldn't call me obsessed, but I really don't like using Windows. I have to for work and I despise it.

That sounds really cool.

@fellow_germans: How can I express this in german? The literal translation "Was ist deine aktuelle Obzession?" doesn't sound right, because of the different meanings of obsession. Maybe "Welches Thema beschäftigt dich gerade?", though this also doesn't seem to have the correct ring to it.