So I am building this desktop box for someone where they want Ubuntu 10.10. It's a AMD Athlon II X2 265 Regor 3.3GHz Dual-Core Desktop Processor with 8GB (2 x 4GB) of 240-Pin DDR3 1333 SDRAM in a dual ...

The GMK NucBox is a tiny computer that fits in the palm of your hand, but which is a full-fledged desktop computer with a 10-watt Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 128GB SSD.

Interestingly enough, my current spinner Ubuntu (14.04 LTS) boots very quickly. Not as fast as my SSD Windows 7, but still close enough. However, my new install of 14.04 LTS on my PowerEdge 2900 (on a ...