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  • Not to mention the time spent. I’d rather spend that time and effort doing other things.

    I’ve compiled plenty of programs, even the kernel. But that’s a means to an end. I’ve hunted down drivers and manually resolved dependencies to get them to compile. I’ve run on weird old platforms (Minix on a 286, but I don’t think I got the Ethernet drivers working there). Sure it’s interesting, but eventually I’d rather actually use the thing.

    If you really want to compile your system, go do Linux From Scratch.











  • frongt@lemmy.ziptoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldMini rack bod
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    6 days ago

    Yeah I have the N3 and I have no complaints. It works great.

    If you’re building your own rackmount system, I would still recommend some kind of SAS connector and PCIe card with external connectors, like a 9200-8e. If you aren’t using a backplane, you’ll probably want a SATA breakout cable and external power.