rockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down13
arrow-up1250arrow-down1external-linkAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldrockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squareElegast@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 years agoyep! I used to run an old Dell R610. Used a decent amount of power. Switched to an old 4th gen quadcore i7 laptop. Been running great, uses less power, has a built in display and keyboard. Linux base, Docker Env for most everything else.
minus-squarekarlthemailman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoAnd a built in ups if your battery is still good
yep!
I used to run an old Dell R610. Used a decent amount of power.
Switched to an old 4th gen quadcore i7 laptop.
Been running great, uses less power, has a built in display and keyboard.
Linux base, Docker Env for most everything else.
And a built in ups if your battery is still good