@rockhandle to SelfhostedEnglish • 2 years agoAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lolimagemessage-square188arrow-up11.07Karrow-down119
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1imageAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lol@rockhandle to SelfhostedEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square188
minus-squareElegastlinkfedilinkEnglish10•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoAnd a built in ups if your battery is still good
minus-squareElegastlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years 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?
minus-square@rockhandleOPlinkEnglish3•2 years agomost modern laptops automatically switch to A/C power at 100% so it’s not much of an issue nowadays
minus-square@quent1500linkEnglish1•2 years agoBut the point of self hosting is to physically have your data ?!
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?
most modern laptops automatically switch to A/C power at 100% so it’s not much of an issue nowadays
But the point of self hosting is to physically have your data ?!