Back in 2004, I installed a server of my own at PIPE, a 1RU white box called Refused.
I was fresh out of uni and it was a massive learning experience actually having to figure out how things really worked. This little workhorse is ex-webcentral. I paid $20 for it, and it was manufactured in 2001. It had no disk drive covers or drive caddies, so I made my own with tape and the packaging from a phone headset. Nearly ten years later, it has never crashed, except for a drive failure in 2005. I finally finished migrating off it, and decommissioned it today. It’s the most stable machine I’ve ever owned, and I have it to thank for my Linux proficiency today.
Goodbye old buddy. I’ll miss you.
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