How do you work from home? (if applicable)

[murgero]

I don't wanna take a picture cause my desk is filthy but -

• Single Monitor (1080p)
• Dell Precision T7610
• 128GB RAM
• Dual-CPU (2x Intel Xeon E5-2670's @ 10 cores each with Hyperthreading for a total of 40 logical cores)
• 4TB SSD in two separate RAID configurations
• And because I'm wild and like gaming I have put an RX 580 Series Radeon card in this server cause why not!

Yes, this is server, enterprise hardware, no it is NOT being used as such. I use it for heavy gaming and as my personal computer.

[A Former User]

@murgero Oh wow 40 logical cores O_O

[murgero]

@atrilahiji haha yeah! It used to be a server for my fathers old company. Now it's my personal computer. Gaming, VM's, programming.

I have 3 VMs running on it right now (vpn, macOS, and a Linux VM) and it plays cod all at the same time with plenty of resource to spare LMAO

[robi]

@atrilahiji said in How do you work from home? (if applicable):

@murgero Oh wow 40 logical cores O_O

look at the RAM too..

[d19dotca]

Great topic! It's always fun to peek into people's offices. haha. Here's my home office setup for the moment. Been changing it slowly over the past year. Recently got a new chair I find much more comfortable than my previous one. haha.

[marcusquinn]

@d19dotca Nice! My Dog's bed is right by my desk too

[A Former User]

@d19dotca very clean! Also that chair looks incredibly comfortable

[nebulon]

Very different setups everyone. Mine is rather simplistic in this regard I guess, don't even have a desktop PC, only the Cloudron server attached to the router and laptop and no fancy office chair. Well that is homeoffice, I have a good one in the office.

[girish]

@nebulon is your office open these days?

[nebulon]

@girish it would be open, but generally everyone possible should work from home, so I don't want to make an exception for myself since I can work from home.

[A Former User]

@nebulon simple but clean and distraction free. I do like the idea of using a laptop. You’ve got the same environment at home and when you’re out.

[marcusquinn]

Might have to delete this one later then

Spot the dog

At first with the standing desk it was hard work for more than an hour.

Now I stand all day and most of the evening and it feels weird sitting to work. Much better for the brain work too as a your lung capacity is higher when standing for oxygen needs.

It's 2m wide by 1m deep - I already think I need another one for all the stuff to play with and make it a proper home-studio for music, video etc.

[murgero]

@marcusquinn Standing desks are amazing

[d19dotca]

@murgero Yeah mine is a standing desk too and I love it. Sure I sit most of it, haha, but still stand for a few hours each day while I'm working.

[plusone-nick]

@marcusquinn i don't see anything wrong - that's more how mine looks now lol

[marcusquinn]

@plusone-nick thankfully my computer desktop is a lot neater

For interest, the big painting it a Hed Kandi album cover.

Most other things are on my kit.co list: kit.co/marcusquinn

[scooke]

@marcusquinn Now that's a name I haven't heard in a loong time - Hed Kandi. I'm off to YT to see what gems might be there. In the meantime, here's my workstation. Just a 2015 MBPr running Windows, external monitor, nice headphones, handy masks in case I need to mask myself quickly, extra tablets and devices laying around for prototyping. I would like a second external monitor, tried to suggest to my wife that that would be a super Valentine's Day gift, but no luck.

Holy moly, looking up Hed Kandi on YT brought back a surge of memories, with Ministry of Sound being featured on that page, which then reminded me of deephousenetwork.com - 19 years ago I had been traveling to HK a few times a year for a project, and I'd found this internet cafe (going to google maps to look it up...) near Jordan and Nathan, and I'd groove out while working all night. Ah, I miss HK. Haven't been there now in about 7 years, and I fear it won't be like I remember whenever I do get back.

[marcusquinn]

@scooke I find good use of Mission Control, App Tamer for auto-hide and 3008*1692 resolution on 4k gets me all the advantages of multiple monitors on a single screen. More room for speakers too Ahh, HK, know it well!

[A Former User]

Updated it:

I moved my Ryzen 1700X to my server and got a Ryzen 3600 for my desktop. Turns out my server case only fits mATX... So I moved my server to my old case and got a new one because I needed an excuse for more RGB.

Only frustration: I cant have my case on my desk without putting one monitor in portrait.

On the note of my server, it is so satifying to see idle usage with 3 minecraft servers and client stuff go from 33% to 1%...

[luckow]

If I work from home, it looks like this. Normally I do smart home things at my workplace