Some instructions in the box, please

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I recently took delivery of a new HL-4 built system. I love that case. It’s easy to work on and the insides are tidy with the cables provided. Parts picks are nice. Some observations.

  1. In the case manual, note that a small form factor power supply is required.
  2. The first user password as shipped was not the one in the manual. A panic call resolved that one.
  3. XFCE does not support show password on the login screen. Complex password require it. Gnome login does.
  4. I used a TV for display as iMac no longer has a display mode. TV overscans causing the boot options to vanish. It would be good to have these in the box. Also good to support screen sharing as Raspberry Pi does.
  5. HL-4 manual has HL-8 photos.
  6. Case manual should note the super-skinny fans used. They’re quiet by the way.
  7. HL-4 build product description does not mention ECC memory. Jeff Geerley did. Haven’t looked. That the motherboard supports ECC is an important differentiator as System 76 and others don’t offer ECC.

Otherwise, impressive. And quick.

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Thank you for this feedback we are always looking for improvements, i will pass this onto the team

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Thanks, Hutch.
Just a little context. I’m a 10 years retired former modeling and simulation developer with experience on nuclear power plant operator training simulators, reactor monitoring systems, and Navy wargaming. And since 1988 and SunOS 3, Unices of several varieties.

Since I retired, tool development and server environments have exploded. I have a couple of TrueNAS boxes here to keep TimeMachine in spool space, Raspberry Cobbler strewn about the place to doo odd tasks, and now HomeLab for tinkering.

There’s a whole slew of stuff to learn. I have Portainer and Docker up, TrueCommand and Plex Media Server running. And DeepSeek managed to turn command strings for the docker stuff into Docker Compose specs. Cool.

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