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@toaks

I'm thinking of making my old laptop a server. If I do, does anyone have any recommendations for what to do with it?

Dec 15, 2023, 4:08 AM

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@slider_on_the_black Dec 15, 2023, 8:31 PM

Lmao i’m doing the same thing today

@toaks Dec 15, 2023, 9:05 PM

Cool lol

@og Dec 15, 2023, 1:11 PM

Minecraft server?

Tailscale server for a VPN?

Discord bot host?

@toaks Dec 15, 2023, 5:16 PM

Yeah, I was looking into Minecraft server. The only downside is that I don't know how to not have it be my IP

@og Dec 15, 2023, 5:53 PM

yeah

@radi8 Dec 15, 2023, 6:31 PM

you can use something like ngrok or playit.gg for that

@toaks Dec 15, 2023, 6:50 PM

Thanks. I have a friend of a friend helping me, too

@radi8 Dec 15, 2023, 1:05 PM

you could probably install proxmox to it, but if you do that you should probably get a wired connection to it via ethernet. with proxmox, you can make vms in windows or whatever linux distro you want to mess with, and install things like pi-hole and other stuff.

@radi8 Dec 15, 2023, 1:06 PM

you can also make lxc containers which run linux but use significantly less RAM than a VM.

@toaks Dec 15, 2023, 5:15 PM

Cool

@slider_on_the_black Dec 15, 2023, 8:32 PM

You could also install fedora server with docker (that’s what i’m doing)

@toaks Dec 15, 2023, 4:18 AM

It's 16 gb RAM 1050 ti and i7-8750...k?

@esben Dec 15, 2023, 8:12 AM

sheesh

@toaks Dec 15, 2023, 5:15 PM

Is that a lot...?

@esben Dec 15, 2023, 9:57 PM

i7? Yeah!

@toaks Dec 15, 2023, 9:59 PM

I upgraded the RAM actually. It was 8