cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/42275946

Upgrade your Framework laptop motherboard, and use the old one in a 3D printed (or store-bought) case as a mini desktop PC, set-top box, Proxmox box, NAS, etc.

  • F04118F@feddit.nl
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    5 hours ago

    This is just using old laptops as servers with extra steps.

    Let me present my self-hosting strategy:

    1. Buy old laptops for less than €100 a piece, especially if they have good hardware and cracks in the frame, dirty keyboards, etc.
    2. Put them in a cabinet with power and an old 1Gb ethernet switch
    3. Install whatever you want on them (in my case a Talos Kubernetes cluster)

    Much simpler, and a lot cheaper