[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

[Foxscotch]

Is Windows Server 2008 good?

no, because it's windows server

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[Pie Crust]

Very informative. 11/10

Why isn't it good? What are its advantages and disadvantages?

[Foxscotch]

What are its advantages

ummmm

disadvantages?

it's windows server

[shitlord]

it's windows server

not everyone is all knowing about windows server
please actually explain why its bad

[Foxscotch]

it's not linux?

[carolcat]

Is Windows Server 2008 good? I found a box full of old stuff and with it, an install disk of Windows Server 2008, sealed.

only if you have a use for it

i was the one that saw it happen first hand with multiple ps/2 keyboards
im pretty sure it was going the way i said

same, all of the ps/2 keyboards i've used have refused to take more than 3 key input (depending on the key combo, sometimes it would only take 2 keys)

[Pie Crust]

Well, I could rebuild the server computer I have stored away for a very long time.

As for the PS/2 keyboard, I can hit five letters at a time before hearing beeps, three at a time if Ct, Alt, Shift, or Tab are being pressed and only two at a time if an arrow key is pressed.

[ZERØ]

it's not linux?

I enjoy having to re-install drivers in terminal daily to get my loving keyboard o work properly, I also enjoy having to use the terminal and really long commands for simple things like changing a cursor globally or theming a desktop.

And don't you just love it when your GPU is not supported and you have to use generic drivers, and lets not forget Wine not being able to run a simple program being an absolute clusterforget to set up.

The only good experience I have had with Linux was in Mint, everything else was horrible, I'll stick to Windows and use Mint as a backup.

[Foxscotch]

I enjoy having to re-install drivers in terminal daily to get my loving keyboard o work properly, I also enjoy having to use the terminal and really long commands for simple things like changing a cursor globally or theming a desktop.
And don't you just love it when your GPU is not supported and you have to use generic drivers, and lets not forget Wine not being able to run a simple program being an absolute clusterforget to set up.

okay well good for you I guess
we're talking about servers

[shitlord]

okay well good for you I guess
we're talking about servers

this point still stands:

I enjoy having to re-install drivers in terminal daily to get my loving keyboard to work properly,

[Foxscotch]

this point still stands:

except not, because you use your regular keyboard, on your regular computer, and use SSH to control the server

[ZERØ]

except not, because you use your regular keyboard, on your regular computer, and use SSH to control the server

This is what I have to go through every time I try to use one of my Xubuntu Machines
https://bitbucket.org/Swoogan/aziokbd

The driver refuses to stay persistent, all the F keys on the keyboard are shift and the super key is alt, caps lock is delete
and the whole numpad doesn't do stuff.

[Foxscotch]

your keyboard is irrelevant to the server. because you're going to be using SSH to control it, not your keyboard directly
like, it's completely unrelated. it has nothing to do with this

[Pecon]

Why isn't it good? What are its advantages and disadvantages?

I love Windows as a desktop solution, but Windows is admittedly a very poor server platform. Compared to it's Linux server counterparts, it is far less stable and is an insane resource hog. It also has a whole ton of unsolicited internet-facing services which are not optimal for a server environment.

I enjoy having to re-install drivers in terminal daily to get my loving keyboard o work properly, I also enjoy having to use the terminal and really long commands for simple things like changing a cursor globally or theming a desktop.

And don't you just love it when your GPU is not supported and you have to use generic drivers, and lets not forget Wine not being able to run a simple program being an absolute clusterforget to set up.

Servers don't have this problem because all you have to do is get it connected to the internet. Then you never have to hook up a peripheral to it again because you just SSH to it. Also you don't need graphic drivers on servers (which is really the only driver that is actually hard to do on linux) (also servers usually don't even have a GPU).

[Miga]

This is what I have to go through every time I try to use one of my Xubuntu Machines
https://bitbucket.org/Swoogan/aziokbd

The driver refuses to stay persistent, all the F keys on the keyboard are shift and the super key is alt, caps lock is delete
and the whole numpad doesn't do stuff.

Honestly that sounds like the keyboard manufacturer's fault. It sounds like AZIO went out of their way to basically implement their own proprietary way of what should be a standard for how every other keyboard works. Sounds like the same thing would happen on Windows with a generic USB keyboard driver.