Currently in a holding pattern because, while I got RAM & SSD for a new-to-me “1-liter” server before tariffs hit, I don’t have the server itself nor any money to buy one, despite looking for 9th or 10th gen Intel which will cost me only $120 to $150 barebones.

Money to buy one is not coming in because the place where I live has nonstop noise & activity and I don’t have a separate room or any door I can close, which severely limits my ability to work as I have auditory hypersensitivity and an absolute need for solitude in order to recharge enough to think. 🤷🏻

mood

everybody downvoting your comment has zero experience being the go-to family tech guy for relatives in their 80s and 90s who can’t reliably distinguish between windows, dialog boxes, menus, and buttons

lol the downvote counter just ticked up a couple times as I was tapping around trying to figure out wtf

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I should probably give in and get the Puli, I dislike non-replaceable batteries but I’m sure if it dies before I upgrade to 5G and give the device away I could figure out how to replace it.

The Spitz AX looks awesome for e.g. an RV base station etc, but too many antennas for travel use. I used old Spitz on Amtrak with some success. I wish they had a similar 5G unit with 2x external 5G antennas, and internal antennas only for wifi.

Maybe I will get my wish someday, GLi do like producing a variety of devices on a theme…

I have a Spitz, just don’t plan to run a VPN on the device itself as the CPU is very slow and will limit max thruput.

in the USA, LiFePO4 battery cost of drop-in 12V replacements has fallen to the point where lead-acid may no longer make sense for projects like this.

But why doesn’t it ever empty the swap space?

Why would it do anything with the swapped-out pages if they are never subsequently accessed?

Paging them back in for no reason is not an effective use of CPU time or system memory.

Congrats, you’ve arrived at the right place!

Source: I subscribed to a ton of Lemmy communities to quit Reddit, and the selfhosting ones are so active they routinely push other communities down below the fold unless I sort by new.

btw if you haven’t got into Proxmox yet, have a look at it.