Re: [lopsa-tech] VMs

Depends on what you want to accomplish. We've had very good luck running ESXi as a server to host guests. Main pain there is that you need a Windoze box to run the Vsphere client to manage the server. Some things can be done via ssh console once you turn it on. VitrualBox is fantastic as a desk

Re: [lopsa-tech] Linux on laptops

The Librem laptops from Purism are very nice, although they fail the cheap criteria. https://puri.sm/ -Pete > On Nov 12, 2015, at 04:19, Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) > wrote: > > I'm looking for a small, light, cheap, laptop to run linux. I prefer either > ubuntu desktop or

Re: [lopsa-tech] Tool for searching and browsing log files.

If one is looking at log aggregation/reporting/alerting systems, I strongly suggest looking at Graylog. It is (like ELK) built on top of Easticsearch, but it handles the Elastic management for you. It has a very polished interface and nice dashboard / alerting features. We’re using it internally

Re: [lopsa-tech] replacement for BackupPC

Note that you can use CrashPlan for free if you do peer2peer. The cloud backup costs, of course. I’ve been happily using CrashPlan personally for many years. Generally stays out of the way and “just works”. -Pete From: on behalf of Tom Perrine Date: Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 09:46