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Services to host on a retired laptop? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello fellow hosters,

I recently had to purchase a new laptop because my old laptop(MSI - PS63 Modern 8RC) had its hinges finally give in, so the screen(lid) can barely be opened and closed anymore. The laptop isn't totally outdated yet in terms of specs. I already have a server that hosts most of my day to day apps, but was wondering if anyone had any suggestions to what i could host on this retired laptop, that I would manage remotely.

Are there any specific services that makes more sense to host on a laptop that would be sitting turned on but put away somewhere? Or should I just tear the PC apart for it's parts and throw the rest away?

Let me know if you have any similar experiences or tips 🌻

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Just to stave off anyone else coming in and going "ackshuallee"... it's true that you could technically do that with libreELEC. It'd be a fool's errand of using SSH to get to the terminal and install all the programs and dependencies, and you'd still need some way to do arbitrary terminal commands from the kodi menu (I think there are plugins for that and for launching arbitrary programs though).

I played around with that myself for a few hours and gave up.

I'd love something actually good, but the closest you'll get probably is running Kodi or whatever media frontend you want on top of a stripped down "normal" OS, with a separate frontend for games/programs like HyperSpin. Find a way to launch one from the other and you'd be set.

You'd still have to deal with Kodi not being able to pull full quality video from streaming platforms too, assuming you aren't just sailing the high seas for your media.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I was planning to look into Plasma Big screen. That looks somewhat promising