BBS: TELESC.NET.BR Assunto: such a trip, a silent den De: Daniel Data: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:30:02 +1100 ----------------------------------------------------------- Up to about two years ago, I had a rack next to my desk with five-or-so desktop machines running various servers. Over time everything was transitioned to raspberry pi with the exception of my old firewall. A converted old Dell workstation - a retired fleet computer - I purchased from a mom&pop computer shop, they bought by the palet at auction. It ran smoothwall for a decade - until now. The eighteen year old motherboard gave up this morning. The funeral was sad but the reception tasteful. After some maneuvering, internet was restored for the home network. Now, for the first time, my den is completely silent sans an occasional laserjet system check. Something magical about running fanless systems. Only thing I'll miss about it are the free usb ports for powering/charging various nicknacks. Nothing my underutilized usb hub can't solve. So glad I moved to rpi. I can get used to this. On a different note, there was a moment where I considered buying a 500+. Then saw the price has hiked to $260 since the last time I checked. Yeah, nevermind. Daniel sysop | air & wave bbs finger | calcmandan@bbs.erb.pw --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11 * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10) ----------------------------------------------------------- [Voltar]