Re: new computer

2024-02-24 Thread David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss
Check out the latest batch of Intel-based N100 Mini PCs. They’re smaller than MacMinis. I’d say a minimal configuration would be 32GB of RAM and 1TB (or 2TB) of SSD. I’d say an N100 is minimal CPU. Some with AMD CPUs are cheaper as well. Here’s a search on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3woboP0

Re: Part 2 :Failure to access repositories when installing Ubuntu 23.10 and 22.04 on Proxmox

2024-02-24 Thread Todd Cole via PLUG-discuss
proxmox 8 has all network connections routed thu the proxmox firewall proxmox upgrades add the firewall to each vm you can disable that by checking the network setup on each VM and uncheck the firewall I have working ubuntu desktops and servers 18.04-24.04 running on proxmox 8.1-4 also uefi and

Re: new computer

2024-02-24 Thread Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss
Which Linux distro? Personally, 16G RAM is minimal for any 'normal' distribution. And Dual or Quad core is actually helpful, though not nearly as much as RAM. Don't put your swap on the SSD.  Put it on a rotator (rotating drive).  You don't want to risk wearing out the flash on the SSD. And

Part 2 :Failure to access repositories when installing Ubuntu 23.10 and 22.04 on Proxmox

2024-02-24 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi, To take Proxmox out of the equation I installed Ubuntu 22.04lts on an old laptop. Installed fine. The problem must be that something went wrong when upgrading from Proxmox version 7 to 8. When I setup Proxmox over a year ago I configured 2 Ubuntu VMs. Those VM are able to access the