rockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldimagemessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1288arrow-down14
arrow-up1284arrow-down1imageAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldrockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-squareElegastlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year 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-up3·1 year agoAnd a built in ups if your battery is still good
minus-squareElegastlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoyeah that’s nice. Though I’ve read that it’s a good idea to bypass the battery due to the device being on more it could cause the battery damage?
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
yeah that’s nice. Though I’ve read that it’s a good idea to bypass the battery due to the device being on more it could cause the battery damage?