rockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldrockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squarepenguin_knight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoi disaseemble all my laptops so they are just a motherboard, screw them into sheets of MDF, place vertically, and use them as servers. NAS, pihole, plex, etc
minus-squareRain@lm.melonbread.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoDo you have any photos of this? Would love to see how this looks in practice!
minus-squareAkatsuki Levi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoUp! Also would love to see how it looks
minus-squarelom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou have a tutorial? That sounds awesome.
minus-squareBitlummo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThis article talks about turning a laptop into a rack mounted computer. Each computer will be different recreating something like this based off what ports it has and where.
i disaseemble all my laptops so they are just a motherboard, screw them into sheets of MDF, place vertically, and use them as servers.
NAS, pihole, plex, etc
Do you have any photos of this?
Would love to see how this looks in practice!
Up! Also would love to see how it looks
You have a tutorial? That sounds awesome.
This article talks about turning a laptop into a rack mounted computer. Each computer will be different recreating something like this based off what ports it has and where.