For all you guys and gals that wish to learn about Linux Servers and PC's, I'm going to help anyone learn this environment.
Thankfully, I've got a few supporters who helped out in purchasing 2 new workstations and a Server.
WORKSTATIONS
ASUS Motherboard
7G WiFi (6G WiFi Head here in the house)
2.5 GBit CAT6 ready networking
Thunderbolt 3 Port 30 GBit USB port (Type C)
nVidia Video Card (32 GB) AI Ready
4 TB M.2 SSD Hard drive
1,000 Watt Power Supply
27" Flat screen montor
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Desktop series)
SERVERS
ASUS Motherboard
7G WiFi (6G WiFi Head here in the house)
2.5 GBit CAT6 ready networking
Thunderbolt 3 Port 30 GBit USB port (Type C)
4x 4 TB M.2 SSD Hard drive
1,000 Watt Power Supply
Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS Software
No video card (Using on Board HDMI port)
SERVER CONTROLLED
Canon MF4150 Laser Printer (Network black printer)
HP Officejet Color Printer (Network Color printer)
TPLink Network Switch (28 Port PoE - 250 Watt PoE)
2 Security Cameras
Verizon Cell Signal Extender
6G Indoor WiFi
5G Outdoor WiFi
Starlink
INTERNET PROVIDER
Starlink
Now, as for the setup of these workstation machines. The two workstations were assembled with hardware and loaded up with standard Ubuntu 24.04 LTS software. These machines are quiet in noise level and run at very cool temperatures even under heavy workload. Now both workstations are set up to back up all data to the server once a week. No loss of important data. I can even pair my phone to the workstation, so when there are cell phone calls it will show up on my desk monitor and allow me to respond to even text messages right on the PC. Being that it is Linux, there aren't any drivers to load for any of this stuff; everything just works out of the box, typically. I did run into a startup issue where the motherboard picked the HDMI port but refused to use the common DisplayPort. Then Ubuntu made an error and used the freeware version of video drivers instead of the nVidia driver supplied by Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. After a small setting tweak on the additional drivers page in settings, it now works fine. These two workstations are now capable of processing heavy content like video editing, which my 20-year-old desktop couldn't even play a video file from my phone without hanging and glitching out. I'm capable of moving heavy tasks like backup or internet workloads to the server. So instead of calling for a full website backup on my desktop, choking the browser with heavy network traffic, I can move this task over to the server and let it run in the background. Now our workstations are freed of the heavy workloads. My network here at the house is powered by Starlink Internet, which has plenty of bandwidth to handle everything for a good price.
As for my server cabinet. Just seems like there is an idle machine sitting there. Not true! This machine is constantly recording any movement in my yard, day or night. We have video feed of anything that moves out there, including the bugs that trip the cameras at night. As for network traffic being I'm using a managed switch I'm capable of load balancing the internet to over 50 devices all at once. I've set up a network that only the 3 family members have full access to everything here, including both printers, cameras, and even personal cloud storage on my server. This machine runs 24/7, providing the internet for the Verizon Extender. There is a public WiFi account that is without a password for others to use at any time. If you have Verizon service, you can hop on the extender without WiFi and still make a 4G LTE phone call.
In my area, with a landslide. Many people are without a landline phone in the area. Yup, Ziply Fiber has been notified several times by all 3 of us here and both of my neighbors. Most people around me switched to Starlink per my advice and continued phone service based on Starlink WiFi. I want to offer up my knowledge on networking to people that would like to build something more than internet and PC.
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For all you guys and gals that wish to learn about Linux Servers and PC's, I'm going to help anyone learn this environment.
Thankfully, I've got a few supporters who helped out in purchasing 2 new workstations and a Server.
WORKSTATIONS
ASUS Motherboard
7G WiFi (6G WiFi Head here in the house)
2.5 GBit CAT6 ready networking
Thunderbolt 3 Port 30 GBit USB port (Type C)
nVidia Video Card (32 GB) AI Ready
4 TB M.2 SSD Hard drive
1,000 Watt Power Supply
27" Flat screen montor
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Desktop series)
SERVERS
ASUS Motherboard
7G WiFi (6G WiFi Head here in the house)
2.5 GBit CAT6 ready networking
Thunderbolt 3 Port 30 GBit USB port (Type C)
4x 4 TB M.2 SSD Hard drive
1,000 Watt Power Supply
Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS Software
No video card (Using on Board HDMI port)
SERVER CONTROLLED
Canon MF4150 Laser Printer (Network black printer)
HP Officejet Color Printer (Network Color printer)
TPLink Network Switch (28 Port PoE - 250 Watt PoE)
2 Security Cameras
Verizon Cell Signal Extender
6G Indoor WiFi
5G Outdoor WiFi
Starlink
INTERNET PROVIDER
Starlink
Now, as for the setup of these workstation machines. The two workstations were assembled with hardware and loaded up with standard Ubuntu 24.04 LTS software. These machines are quiet in noise level and run at very cool temperatures even under heavy workload. Now both workstations are set up to back up all data to the server once a week. No loss of important data. I can even pair my phone to the workstation, so when there are cell phone calls it will show up on my desk monitor and allow me to respond to even text messages right on the PC. Being that it is Linux, there aren't any drivers to load for any of this stuff; everything just works out of the box, typically. I did run into a startup issue where the motherboard picked the HDMI port but refused to use the common DisplayPort. Then Ubuntu made an error and used the freeware version of video drivers instead of the nVidia driver supplied by Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. After a small setting tweak on the additional drivers page in settings, it now works fine. These two workstations are now capable of processing heavy content like video editing, which my 20-year-old desktop couldn't even play a video file from my phone without hanging and glitching out. I'm capable of moving heavy tasks like backup or internet workloads to the server. So instead of calling for a full website backup on my desktop, choking the browser with heavy network traffic, I can move this task over to the server and let it run in the background. Now our workstations are freed of the heavy workloads. My network here at the house is powered by Starlink Internet, which has plenty of bandwidth to handle everything for a good price.
As for my server cabinet. Just seems like there is an idle machine sitting there. Not true! This machine is constantly recording any movement in my yard, day or night. We have video feed of anything that moves out there, including the bugs that trip the cameras at night. As for network traffic being I'm using a managed switch I'm capable of load balancing the internet to over 50 devices all at once. I've set up a network that only the 3 family members have full access to everything here, including both printers, cameras, and even personal cloud storage on my server. This machine runs 24/7, providing the internet for the Verizon Extender. There is a public WiFi account that is without a password for others to use at any time. If you have Verizon service, you can hop on the extender without WiFi and still make a 4G LTE phone call.
In my area, with a landslide. Many people are without a landline phone in the area. Yup, Ziply Fiber has been notified several times by all 3 of us here and both of my neighbors. Most people around me switched to Starlink per my advice and continued phone service based on Starlink WiFi. I want to offer up my knowledge on networking to people that would like to build something more than internet and PC.
Asny questions just ask!