[TriLUG] System Upgrade Advice Please

[Dwain Sims via TriLUG]

I just bought this thing....
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW8CKSJR?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

Totally amazing the amount of compute power for a low price in a small
package.   I cannot disconnect my head from running UNIX on Vax
Minicomputers in the 80s.

I am using this guy as my ALP Testbed.  ALP is the new Linux variant that
SUSE is building to be a very different kind of OS all the way around.
The BeeLink is serving great at that.

I would say in general, if you can stay away from Nvidia, your life will be
easier.  A wise man once said that "Life is too short to own a German Car"
and I would say a corollary to that is "Life is too short to mess with
Nvidia drivers on Linux."  (and I type this on an Nvidia based SUSE Leap 15
system.  So much for my own advice.)

Hope this helps.

Dwain