Ask HN: Can I see your rig? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Can I see your rig?

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Post by tux » Sat, Apr 18, 2015, 1:07 PM UTC

krampian wrote: post #19

This is my 2009 vintage Acer netbook running Lubuntu: http://i.imgur.com/xU1IhRY.jpg

Looks like Aspire One, I have the red one running XFCE 4.12 on Arch Linux for SecureSkype (AUR) :-)

Re: Ask HN: Can I see your rig?

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Post by glogla » Sat, Apr 18, 2015, 1:08 PM UTC

urza wrote: post #6

Mine: http://urza.cc/pc2013/

That's pretty cool!

I love the idea of completely silent computer, but sadly, I don't think it's compatible with performance or gaming. Though now I wonder if there's GPU that can be turned off completely when not in use and use integrated one. Kinda like Optimus, but for desktop.

(also, czc has been cheaper than alza for years)

Re: Ask HN: Can I see your rig?

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Post by tux » Sat, Apr 18, 2015, 1:09 PM UTC

blueflow wrote: post #16

Cyph0n wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Holy shit you must be rich!

To be honest, i lied. Its actually one of my fathers company ;)

Must be running Windows 10 on it.

Re: Ask HN: Can I see your rig?

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Post by tux » Sat, Apr 18, 2015, 1:10 PM UTC

ant6n wrote: post #2

Paid 100$ for a used Chromebook ARM, running crouton. Cheap, silent, x86-free.

Do you have any pix of it or at least model ?

Re: Ask HN: Can I see your rig?

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Post by codingdave » Sat, Apr 18, 2015, 1:12 PM UTC

GilbertErik wrote: post #4

I think there are two types of people. Those who still fetishize hardware, and the rest of us who just care about the product created by the hardware. A carpenter (I don't speak from experience, merely from analogy) is probably more proud to show off something he's made than the tools he used to make it.

HN is full of people talking about how they work, what tools they use, what their processes are. Your hardware setup is a component of that, so it seems valid to ask about it. I don't feel it is fair to act like you are superior to people who "still fetishize" it.

Of course people are more proud of their results. And we see plenty of that on here every day. This was a simple question to see people's systems, not an implication that it was more important than other aspects of the work people do.

(And BTW, the guys who I know who do carpentry and masonry work absolutely have some tools they like to show off.)

Re: Ask HN: Can I see your rig?

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Post by petepete » Sat, Apr 18, 2015, 1:12 PM UTC

manish_gill wrote: post #11

I get obsessed about rigs once every few months and spend a few days browsing: http://reddit.com/r/battlestations http://reddit.com/r/macsetups :)

I tend to stop looking when I see one like this: https://i.imgur.com/EzWOJvI.jpg

Re: Ask HN: Can I see your rig?

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Post by corford » Sat, Apr 18, 2015, 1:13 PM UTC

tux wrote: post #20

corford wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, it seems to be a re-badged TP-LINK TL-MR3020

Yeah I thought it looked like one of the TP-LINK boxes, but was not sure. Thanks for the model. Have you tried running pfSense on it ?

Hadn't occurred to me actually (although I normally opt for openwrt when playing around with consumer routers).

Think I'll leave the probe as is.

Re: Ask HN: Can I see your rig?

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Post by tux » Sat, Apr 18, 2015, 1:13 PM UTC

urza wrote: post #6

Mine: http://urza.cc/pc2013/

Very cool setup, thanks for sharing.

Re: Ask HN: Can I see your rig?

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Post by tux » Sat, Apr 18, 2015, 1:14 PM UTC

tux wrote: post #20

corford wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, it seems to be a re-badged TP-LINK TL-MR3020

Yeah I thought it looked like one of the TP-LINK boxes, but was not sure. Thanks for the model. Have you tried running pfSense on it ?

You can also try "Untangle" on it, but its more resource hungry.

Re: Ask HN: Can I see your rig?

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Post by tux » Sat, Apr 18, 2015, 1:16 PM UTC

vgeek wrote: post #3

Not without dinner first.

Please start a new thread "Ask HN: What do you eat for dinner ?" instead :-)