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Using an Old PC as a file server

AndrewMKlasen
By AndrewMKlasen
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Hello all,

 

I am a Game Developer and I want to have a launcher for my game to install it and update it etc. Could I have my old Dell desktop and use Ubuntu to use it as a file server for people to install the game?

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yes and no.

 

yes you can do that..

but NO FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DONT.

 

even if you're a small-time developer, everything you have the end user access should be in a datacenter. there's some datacenters out there that rent out VPSes or even tiny physical boxes for very little money. if you're anywhere near a serious developer, do it properly.

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