@rockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldimagemessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down16
arrow-up1279arrow-down1imageAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.world@rockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square118fedilink
minus-squareElegastlinkfedilinkEnglish3•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@karlthemailman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•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?
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?