hardware

Diving Into a Pool of Butter with MX-21 and Btrfs

2021-11-01

Thoughts Before MX-21 Install MX-21 was officially released on October 21, 2021 in its XFCE, KDE, and Fluxbox editions with the standard Debian 11 kernel. MX Linux has been a joy to use since my first install that you can read about in MX Fluxbox Puts a Shine on Old Code . Now with two of my computers running MX Linux Fluxbox Edition, I definitely planned to upgrade. I had done some testing while MX-21 Fluxbox was in beta, but I didn’t know how I would handle upgrading my MX Linux desktop that had a btrfs RAID1 array.…

Recycled Workstation Build

2020-12-06

I recycle computers into Linux boxes. Either I repurpose old hardware that I have purchased or I give a second life to computers that others plan to get ride of. Recently I assembled a new workstation to replace the spare computer that I use at work when I’m at my standing desk. My primary computer at work runs Windows 10 so that I can still use a priopritary program that I need for my vocation.…

Bake Up a Btrfs RAID1 Array

2020-11-08

I recently gave my spare work computer which runs Linux a serious upgrade. My old Toshiba laptop had served me well at my standing desk. Since I never unplugged the laptop from its perch on the standing desk it seemed natural to upgrade that machine to a “new to me” desktop computer. Now I had a desktop case that could hold three 3.5" HDD’s. I filled those three bays with these spare drives that I had on hand.…