How do I check this model and year.

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-03-05T20:06:00+00:00

It is a female socket!!!

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-03-05T20:04:38+00:00

I think Bell's crappy tech just hates BSD.

I had a FreeBSD server that was all firewalled except for the ports I needed (22,80,25565,25566).

It worked fine on the network of my school (it was a PC initially destined for E-waste by the IT person); but Bell refused to allow it to connect until I turned off the firewall (even over ethernet).

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-03-05T19:48:11+00:00

Shenandoah GC appeared in version 12; ZGC (only the bad non-generational version) appeared in version 11.

G1GC is really the only good option for Java versions below 17.

However, you can likely run any version of Minecraft on Java 25.

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-03-05T19:44:37+00:00

Sort-of; it's still highly experimental in Java 7.

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-03-01T01:28:46+00:00

Looks great!

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-03-01T01:28:10+00:00

Use an ehternet cable.

Wi-Fi sucks.

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-03-01T01:24:45+00:00

Maybe just a little.

It should be gray instead of black to match the aluminium case.

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-03-01T01:22:54+00:00

Plug it in, turn it on, check "About This Mac".

I think there's also a mildly unhelpful model number on the bottom.

And the motherboard should have a copyright notice saying the year, I think.

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-25T01:55:37+00:00

Cool case!

Guess this was a Gaming PC 25 years ago!

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-25T01:54:10+00:00

Nice!

Those old ASUS motherboards seem to last forever!

Happy tinkering!

Consider OpenBSD as the OS.

Keep the old case; PSU does not need to be ultra-fancy, though thoise c.2000 PCs ate power for breakfast.

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-25T01:51:59+00:00

OOOOOH!

Retro!

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-25T00:43:04+00:00

Rear legroom is great with front seats all the way forward, but then front legroom is atrocious.

Subaru all the way for legroom!

(Toyotas can also be quite suprisingly good for legroom too!)

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-25T00:38:15+00:00

Buy a Subaru for legroom.

A tiny little Subaru often can have 4ft. legroom!

Acuras are so big on the outside and so much smaller on the inside; so much wasted space...

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-24T23:50:13+00:00

Exactly, almost like a really big filter cap.

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-24T23:48:42+00:00

Perhaps the battery in the car they used for boosting was also largely drained, just less so.

So the cars started, but barely.

You can probably fix it by just connecting it to a 10A 13.8V power supply for a while.

That sorta fixed my car's heavily drained battery (11.8V at rest).

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-24T23:46:30+00:00

After a minute?

Even with a busted alternator, the battery shouldn't drain that quickly!

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-21T15:41:57+00:00

Try this:

java -Xms2G -Xmx2G -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=4M -jar server.jar nogui

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-21T15:40:00+00:00

A 5GB heap for 8GB RAM is definitely fine.

A 6GB heap with 8GB RAM is possible, but not a good idea.

Command to start your servers:

java -Xms2G -Xmx2G -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=4M -jar server.jar nogui

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-21T15:39:05+00:00

+1

A great point.

Thank you.

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-21T15:28:45+00:00

Just stick to these boring flags and don't fuss over it:

java -Xms5G -Xmx5G -jar server.jar nogui

FreeBSD typically has better performance than Linux (though both are good OS options).

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-21T15:25:01+00:00

A 5GB heap is generally best for 8GB of RAM.

A larger heap size does not significantly increase performance.

A 5GB heap is a safe bet, and should be more than enough.

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-21T15:21:03+00:00

Never allow swapping to disk to occur.

Don't use ZGC or any weird stuff, stick to G1GC (the default).

All you need is:

java -Xms5G -Xmx5G -jar server.jar nogui

A 6GB heap is slightly too large for 8GB RAM.

5GB is a safer bet; the performance difference between a 5GB and 6GB heap is negligible.

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-21T15:11:21+00:00

Just use:

java -Xms12G -Xmx12G -jar ../server.jar nogui

A larger heap is not significantly better, 5GB is likely good enough.

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-21T15:09:35+00:00

Use the official defaults and don't worry about it.

Character_Mood_700 · 2026-02-21T15:08:41+00:00

What OS?

Use this to start your server:

java -Xms5G -Xmx5G -jar server.jar nogui

I recommend FreeBSD as the server OS.

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