My various computer friends!

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ruby

ruby's been my beefy workhorse for years. her water cooler is loud, but she's strong and dependable. most of her accessories i designed and 3d printed myself, cpu case, speakers, monitors, and keyboard.
  • Void Linux
  • Core i7
  • 64 GiB RAM

lapis

lapis is my beautiful Blue & White Power Mac G3. i've been trying to make her my primary machine lately. she is incredibly fast and responsive, unburdened by bloat.
  • Mac OS 9.2.2
  • PowerPC G3 350 MHz
  • 384 MiB RAM (for now)

peridot

peri is my teeny little degoogled-chromebook. she was meant to be a temporary portable until i could afford something nice again, but she has been much more useful than i anticipated. her screen can flip all the way around, she's got a handy little stylus, and she's plenty capable for everyday tasks.
  • Void Linux
  • Celeron N4120
  • 4 GiB RAM

jasper

jasper is my moto g stylus. much like lapis, she's also afflicted by the curse of google, but still manages to do a fine job. she's handy for mobile SSHing, and anything else you'd want a pocket computer for. she's due for a fancy folding keyboard someday soon.
  • Android
  • Snapdragon 6G3
  • 8 GiB RAM

xp-lex

this guy is an older Dell Optiplex with a C2D. he's setup as a pure XP machine, and is a beast at it. he crushes Visual Studio 6/.NET, Paint Shop Pro, old windows games, and even has a modern-website-capable browser. he'll soon have a some hand-me-downs that get him more RAM capacity.
  • Windows XP SP3
  • Core2Duo
  • 1 GiB RAM

mmx dude

mmx dude is a DOS/Windows 3.1/95/98 specialist. he runs all of the great classic stuff, off of a CF disk. he currently inhabits a skeleton of a case, but he'll have a proper beige box someday.
  • triple boot DOS+3.1/95/98
  • Pentium MMX 233 MHz
  • 256 MiB RAM

starserve

starserve slings video to any device that hits our local network. she's got roku and browser clients all over the house streaming from her. she works hard, and does an great job given her processing limits.
  • raspbian
  • Raspberry Pi 2B
  • 1 GiB RAM

opal

ruby's successor; details TBD
  • ???