@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldimagemessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1421arrow-down17
arrow-up1414arrow-down1imageAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square153fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•1 year agoI’m patiently waiting for someone (anyone) I know to decide to throw out an old laptop. Gonna bite their hand off for it, install Linux and proceed to fuck around and find out.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoWhen you do, take a look at howtoforge.com. Then throw on a bunch of containers from [linuxserver.io]https://www.linuxserver.io/) Quick & easy for testing & learning.
minus-squaremiraclerandylinkfedilink2•1 year agoI got a free laptop from work that is an old engineering workstation. Problem is, our IT pulled the hard drive and I haven’t found motivation to take it apart and put on in it.
minus-squareDaGeek247linkfedilink4•1 year agoOh man, ssd storage is cheap as fuck right now. you can grab a terabyte for less than 40$ shipped.
I’m patiently waiting for someone (anyone) I know to decide to throw out an old laptop.
Gonna bite their hand off for it, install Linux and proceed to fuck around and find out.
When you do, take a look at howtoforge.com.
Then throw on a bunch of containers from [linuxserver.io]https://www.linuxserver.io/)
Quick & easy for testing & learning.
I got a free laptop from work that is an old engineering workstation. Problem is, our IT pulled the hard drive and I haven’t found motivation to take it apart and put on in it.
Oh man, ssd storage is cheap as fuck right now. you can grab a terabyte for less than 40$ shipped.