Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Levi Pearson wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Grant Shipley wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Jonathan Duncan < > > jonat...@bluesunhosting.com> wrote: > > > >> For development I have recently migrated to the wonderful world of > >> Vagrant/Vir

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Levi Pearson
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Grant Shipley wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Jonathan Duncan < > jonat...@bluesunhosting.com> wrote: > >> For development I have recently migrated to the wonderful world of >> Vagrant/Virtualbox. I can setup whatever environment I need to on my local >>

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Grant Shipley
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Jonathan Duncan < jonat...@bluesunhosting.com> wrote: > For development I have recently migrated to the wonderful world of > Vagrant/Virtualbox. I can setup whatever environment I need to on my local > box, dev in a virtual environment, change anything I need to wi

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Jonathan Duncan
For development I have recently migrated to the wonderful world of Vagrant/Virtualbox. I can setup whatever environment I need to on my local box, dev in a virtual environment, change anything I need to without worry for the host, and move those environments to other hosts if needed. Has made devel

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Grant Shipley
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:12 PM, John Shaver wrote: > The link you provided brings me to a 503 error :). Yaaay cloud! > Not picking on you but do you honestly think someone hosting their own server will have better uptime than using one of the current top tier cloud providers? Azure Amazon AWS

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Grant Shipley
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:12 PM, John Shaver wrote: > The link you provided brings me to a 503 error :). Yaaay cloud! > What link? www.openshift.com or c9.io? -- gs > On Dec 11, 2013 2:30 PM, "Grant Shipley" wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:28 PM, S. Dale Morrey > >wrote: > > > > > An

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread John Shaver
The link you provided brings me to a 503 error :). Yaaay cloud! On Dec 11, 2013 2:30 PM, "Grant Shipley" wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:28 PM, S. Dale Morrey >wrote: > > > An alternative you may not have considered; I've been using cloud9 for my > > web-dev work for several days now. It's f

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Grant Shipley
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:28 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > An alternative you may not have considered; I've been using cloud9 for my > web-dev work for several days now. It's free and runs on openshift (I > think). > Correct. All of cloud9 runs on top of openshift.com including the deployments of

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread S. Dale Morrey
An alternative you may not have considered; I've been using cloud9 for my web-dev work for several days now. It's free and runs on openshift (I think). If you go this route, there is no need for SSH or a server at all. Plus you can code directly into a really nice IDE embedded in the web-browser

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Grant Shipley
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Grant Shipley wrote: > Wait? People actually run their own home servers nowadays for development > and filesharing? I thought that went away several years ago. Kind of > kidding but not really. ;) > > I use www.openshift.com for all development (disclaimer: I w

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Grant Shipley
Wait? People actually run their own home servers nowadays for development and filesharing? I thought that went away several years ago. Kind of kidding but not really. ;) I use www.openshift.com for all development (disclaimer: I work on this project so I am biased). Free to use. I use dropbox

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:56:17 -0700 Levi Pearson wrote: > To restate my point a bit more clearly, buying a refurbished top-spec > machine with a bunch of noisy fans for a low up-front purchase price > means that you've probably bought a power-hog of a machine and over > its remaining lifetime the

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Levi Pearson
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Nicholas Stewart wrote: > I'm running an Ubuntu VM on my macbook but I want more cpu/ram and so > I am going to buy/build a linux desktop/server. > > My minimum requirements are: 4 cores, 8 GB RAM, 2 TB HardDrive. My > plan is to put it in my basement (so I don't

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Doran L. Barton
On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 07:35:56 -0700 Nicholas Stewart wrote: > What's the cheapest way to get this kind of setup? Pay JPL Computers a visit in Orem on State St. and about 400 North. They have lots and lots of older hardware for sale so you can build a system on a budget or buy all new components.

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread John Shaver
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Eric Olsen wrote: > > > I use an off-site backup as well, but I figure (after losing a few years of > pictures) you can't be too safe. > > The great thing about offline backups is that his is stored at my house. So if his house burns down while he's away and he lo

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Eric Olsen
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Nicholas Stewart wrote: > the 2TB drive for family photos & videos but I can find another solution > for that if I use a > VPS. > On that, I'm trying to keep my family photos & videos on an easily-accessible external storage (either NAS or USB) so in case of an e

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Nicholas Stewart
Thank you everyone for the suggestions! > Would a Virtual Private Server be acceptable? Yes it probably would be. > Why do you need such vast power? The cpu & Ram are needed for developing & running multiple ruby/rails projects at a time. I was going to use the 2TB drive for family photos & vi

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Nicholas Stewart wrote: > I'm running an Ubuntu VM on my macbook but I want more cpu/ram and so > I am going to buy/build a linux desktop/server. > > My minimum requirements are: 4 cores, 8 GB RAM, 2 TB HardDrive. My > plan is to put it in my basement (so I don't

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Eric Olsen
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > Check out the BYU surplus sale. I think there's one this week. Usually on > Thursday IIRC. > You are correct. Thursday (12th) from 4-6pm on the east side of the Ellsworth building (76W 2230N). /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freen

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Chris Wood
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Nicholas Stewart wrote: > I'm running an Ubuntu VM on my macbook but I want more cpu/ram and so > I am going to buy/build a linux desktop/server. > > My minimum requirements are: 4 cores, 8 GB RAM, 2 TB HardDrive. My > plan is to put it in my basement (so I don't

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Michael Torrie
On 12/11/2013 07:35 AM, Nicholas Stewart wrote: > I'm running an Ubuntu VM on my macbook but I want more cpu/ram and so > I am going to buy/build a linux desktop/server. > > My minimum requirements are: 4 cores, 8 GB RAM, 2 TB HardDrive. My > plan is to put it in my basement (so I don't mind if

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Nicholas Leippe
Check out the BYU surplus sale. I think there's one this week. Usually on Thursday IIRC. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 07:35:56 -0700 Nicholas Stewart wrote: > What's the cheapest way to get this kind of setup? Why do you need such vast power? This is Linux we are talking about, not some obscure OS from Redmond, WA? That aside, I just bought two Lenovo T61 laptops from NewEgg. They are facto

Re: What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Jeff Nyman
I've bought several servers from orangecomputers.com. Looks like you could get a Dell 1950 with your specs for about $450 On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Nicholas Stewart wrote: > I'm running an Ubuntu VM on my macbook but I want more cpu/ram and so > I am going to buy/build a linux desktop/ser

What's the cheapest way to setup Linux box?

2013-12-11 Thread Nicholas Stewart
I'm running an Ubuntu VM on my macbook but I want more cpu/ram and so I am going to buy/build a linux desktop/server. My minimum requirements are: 4 cores, 8 GB RAM, 2 TB HardDrive. My plan is to put it in my basement (so I don't mind if it's noisy) and ssh into it from my macbook. I'm open to