rockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldimagemessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down11
arrow-up144arrow-down1imageAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldrockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squarepenguin_knight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years 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-up3·2 years agoDo you have any photos of this? Would love to see how this looks in practice!
minus-squareAkatsuki Levi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoUp! Also would love to see how it looks
minus-squarelom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoYou have a tutorial? That sounds awesome.
minus-squareBitlummo@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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.