[ale] Moving last win box to linux

[Old Old Jimma From the Old Country]

I had a Lenovo desktop that had Win10 and couldn't be upgraded. 

If all you need is a client that backs up other computers in your home, (eg, buy doing rsync over ssh of a network with static IP addresses) I'd recommend this:

* DONATE YOUR COMPUTER TO A KID THAT CANNOT AFFORD ONE BUT NEEDS A WIN ENVIRONMENT FOR SCHOOL, and then
* buy a Pi 5 to be the client that back up your home networks' computers.Here's one link that explains how to get it done: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-rsync-to-sync-local-and-remote-directories

A Pi 3 will be entirely adequate for this and you can buy one used that works fine on Ebay for $20.  Or, if you want to feed the aligator, buy a new Pi 5 for $120 on Amazon. I recommend against that Amazon option... you'll need to spend a little more money for the cables and monitor for your Pi 4, and after you've got it set up, you'll never look back and will think you are a genius for saving money. If you don't need the saved money give it away.

Here is where you can get Ubuntu for a pi 3: https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi

Old



On Saturday, September 13th, 2025 at 12:29 AM, Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> I've got one Windows 10 box left that I have to use for some
> Windows-only software. It's not upgradable to 11 and at this point I
> don't want Win 11 because of the extra tracking it now does (more than
> 10 ever did). I'm going to get the one-year extension to give myself
> some time but I need a few recommendations for building up a new machine
> to be a daily driver. It's been a while since I built up a full, modern
> machine for running Linux. Most of my machines have been older barebones
> hardware with minimal extras.
> 
> 0. ATX Motherboard with lots of PCIe slots because I have a few extra
> needs like an LSI 9300 SAS board and video card. Don't need RGB
> fancyness, I just need something that can support several cards, holds
> lots of RAM and isn't going to have an issue with a non-Windows OS.
> 
> 0.1 A motherboard with plenty of slots so I can install several LSI
> 9300's to build up a data server. So this one doesn't have to be high
> end since it'll run headless with many spinning drives.
> 
> 1. Best video card to support multiple Display Port monitors (at least
> three) with Linux support. The current Windows machine has a GeForce GTX
> 1660. I'm not playing games but I want good resolution support because I
> do things like CAD.
> 
> 2. Anyone know of software that would support a Canon LiDE 70 USB
> scanner? I use the scanner a lot and having something like SANE be able
> to support it would be helpful. I don't want to have to buy a new one if
> I can avoid it.
> 
> 3. Networked all-in-one printer/fax/scanner (Epson WorkForce WF-3620). I
> don't use the printer portion, I mainly use it because the scanner has a
> paper feed. Supporting the scanner portion is useful.
> 
> 4. Networked HP laser printer (M554). This is a commercial printer not a
> consumer printer so I'm assuming it should be fine with its PCL/PS support.
> 
> 5. Webcam support. I have a Logitech MX Brio. It works very well and I'd
> like to hang onto it so if it works with something in Linux that would
> be great.
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Old Jimma