I have a 10 year old laptop of very low specs. I had given a detailed description of the specs and made a post regarding the use to which it can be put, and more or less everyone pointed to self hosting.

Now, if the machine is powerful enough, why not put it to some productive use ??

And so l’m exploring an unknown territory.

  • plateee@piefed.socialEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Self hosting on a laptop is a great entry into this hobby.

    1. Built in battery backup in case of power loss.
    2. No need for a KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse - commonly used for “headless” servers - computers without dedicated peripherals)
    3. Multiple ports/connectivity options.

    You could start with just putting a Linux distribution of your choice on it, add Docker, and start playing around with Linuxserver containers.

    Be warned, once you pop, you can’t stop. (Looks at my three node Proxmox cluster with Ceph and a 10gb fibre connected 30TB nas)