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New comment by vhaudiquet in "Running Ubuntu on the Lenovo IdeaPad Duet"

vhaudiquet — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:59:33 +0000

Yes, this was definetely a side quest, but postmarketOS indeed is a real Linux distribution that is perfectly usable! I just want to experiment with this tablet, and with U-Boot providing an EFI environment now adapted, I (or anyone) should be able to boot any distribution (Arch Linux ARM, Debian, etc). Ubuntu was just my personal choice here :)

New comment by vhaudiquet in "Running Ubuntu on the Lenovo IdeaPad Duet"

vhaudiquet — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:10:44 +0000

In your case, it seems you had an automated (semi-automated, maybe?) feedback loop. In my case, I was the feedback loop :D which ended up being the bottleneck for some parts...

Running Ubuntu on the Lenovo IdeaPad Duet

vhaudiquet — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:40:54 +0000

Article URL: https://vhaudiquet.fr/blog/duet-ubuntu/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49704503

Points: 100

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New comment by vhaudiquet in "A 10 year old Xeon is all you need"

vhaudiquet — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:48:47 +0000

The E5 2620-v4 only supports DDR4.

New comment by vhaudiquet in "A History of My Homelab"

vhaudiquet — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 14:13:57 +0000

Certainly! The original [link](https://makerworld.com/en/models/488435-12-trays-hdd-enclosu...) already has information. On the back I mounted SATA connectors (SATA-to-SATA, with power). I have a 1U PSU in the enclosure, which has SATA-power cables connected to the back connectors. Then, I have two SAS to 8 SATA cable that connects to the HBA card in my server on the Mini-SAS end and to the SATA connectors on the back on the enclosure. I hope that makes sense :)

New comment by vhaudiquet in "A History of My Homelab"

vhaudiquet — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:33:30 +0000

Yes, I would have loved to use a 'better' material, but my printer is not enclosed and I'm not sure it can print CF filaments (I think I would need to change the hot end at least). But soon I will hopefully get my hands on a new BambuLab printer which should let me play with those materials!

New comment by vhaudiquet in "A History of My Homelab"

vhaudiquet — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:52:08 +0000

Thanks for noticing that! I'll try to fix right away (of course it is not happening on my local dev environment...)

New comment by vhaudiquet in "A History of My Homelab"

vhaudiquet — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:51:12 +0000

Fortunately, the R740 is around 230W, and the switches, routers, and everything around seems to only take 40W. Which means I'm below 300W, and I guess we have cheaper electricity in France as I don't pay as much as you (I think less than 50€/month for the homelab)

New comment by vhaudiquet in "A History of My Homelab"

vhaudiquet — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:46:54 +0000

I used PETG to print it, which should support the heat without problems. I also added two fans behind, so that the disks and enclosure stays cold. For now, I only have 4 drives in it, and it does not move at all and holds perfectly fine.

A History of My Homelab

vhaudiquet — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:13:53 +0000

Article URL: https://vhaudiquet.fr/blog/history-homelab/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46439847

Points: 23

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