[ale] Local source for Ubuntu 24.04 friendly desktop?

[neal at mnopltd.com]

yeah, there are flavors that retain the non EUFI.   But setting up a 
brand-new (well brand-new drives on a vintage chassis) server, I didn't 
want to get into the scenario where 2 years down the road an upgrade 
makes it not boot.

A friend had a couple of HP Elite desktops that fit the bill just fine.  
  We're up and running RAID1 on Ubunto 24.

On 2025-10-11 15:53, William Wylde via Ale wrote:

> Kali will too.  Which means that Debian will.  I think Slackware will 
> too.  You still have to turn off "secure boot", though.
> 
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM Boris Borisov via Ale <ale at ale.org> 
> wrote:
> My Dell is pre UEFI and just boots from probably 2005 and boots without 
> problem with UEFI usb drive.
> 
> In truths I`m using Antix Linux which is hybrid type iso image and can 
> boot UEFI or non UEFI ways.
> 
> I also have cheap Intel Z CPU based tablet with win10 which requires 
> UEFI.
> 
> The weird part is tablet boots from 32 bit UEFI loader and then 
> continues with 64 bit live OS.
> 
> But choice between UEFi or "normal" way is BIOS selectable.
> 
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 13:26 Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
> Thank you Microsoft, for updating Windows 10 so it absolutely will not 
> connect to Samba on our Centos 6 RAID 1 server.  (Stuck on Centos 6 due 
> to no in-place upgrade)
> 
> So, we gotta stand up a new server.
> 
> I have a Dell Optiplex 740; I was gonna just buy a pair of new 2TB 
> drives and install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on it.
> 
> After much beating of my head against its non EUFI-ness, I have 
> determined I can get it to boot from a Rufus-built 22.04 USB.
> 
> I cannot get it to boot from either a 24.04 CD+RW, or a 24.04 USB.
> 
> So, the lack of EUFI on the Optiplex 740 I could ignore.
> 
> BUT, aren't there a bajillion OptiPlex 3040, 3050, 5040, 5050 
> (2015-2017) desktops going to the dump due to windows 11?
> 
> Wouldn't it be smarter to find one of those and not have the EUFI 
> limitation, and start off with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS?    I'll probably be 
> dead, or brain-dead by the time we run out of updates.
> 
> Where might one find some of those?  Or equivalent?   Preferably 
> in-town?
> 
> regards,
> 
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