laptop server?

[GELMEL]

can you setup a server in an old laptop
and for what can i use the server for?

[kelvinhall05]

2 minutes ago, GELMEL said:

can you setup a server in an old laptop

Yes

2 minutes ago, GELMEL said:

and for what can i use the server for?

Depends on the laptop

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, GELMEL said:

can you setup a server in an old laptop

A laptop is just a PC that's designed for carrying around and lower power-usage; it's still a PC, so yes, you can.

2 minutes ago, GELMEL said:

and for what can i use the server for?

See e.g. https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted for ideas.

[Blue4130]

6 hours ago, GELMEL said:

can you setup a server in an old laptop
and for what can i use the server for?

If you don't know the uses of a server, why do you think that you want one? Usually people find a problem / specific need and then find a solution, not the other way around. 

[Dillpickle23422]

7 hours ago, GELMEL said:

can you setup a server in an old laptop
and for what can i use the server for?

I use an old laptop as my phone backup server via itunes, and as a place I can dump my old files and garbage I don't use often on, 

[GELMEL]

21 hours ago, Blue4130 said:

If you don't know the uses of a server, why do you think that you want one? Usually people find a problem / specific need and then find a solution, not the other way around. 

but it would be good 
we didnt know we needed cars until they were found 

[GELMEL]

On 2/8/2021 at 7:32 PM, WereCatf said:

A laptop is just a PC that's designed for carrying around and lower power-usage; it's still a PC, so yes, you can.

See e.g. https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted for ideas.

this is pretty nice 
thanks for the links 

[GELMEL]

On 2/8/2021 at 7:32 PM, kelvinhall05 said:

Yes

Depends on the laptop

its a old hp intel i5, 12gb ram, integrated graphics 

[Grabhanem]

53 minutes ago, GELMEL said:

but it would be good 
we didnt know we needed cars until they were found 

Before cars were invented, we had horse-drawn carriages that were clunky and inconvenient. Is there something you do on a regular basis that a server would make easier or more efficient?

 

For example, in my case, I have a slow internet connection and am always losing flash drives, so I set up my Raspberry Pi as a NAS so I wouldn't have to use cloud storage as much. I also don't like searching my CD shelf for music, so I set up a media server that plays to my stereo.

[GELMEL]

7 minutes ago, Grabhanem said:

Before cars were invented, we had horse-drawn carriages that were clunky and inconvenient. Is there something you do on a regular basis that a server would make easier or more efficient?

 

For example, in my case, I have a slow internet connection and am always losing flash drives, so I set up my Raspberry Pi as a NAS so I wouldn't have to use cloud storage as much. I also don't like searching my CD shelf for music, so I set up a media server that plays to my stereo.

ooh thats nice
thas what i wanted to know 

[Guest willies leg]

Interesting! A laptop is a server with a built-in UPS! I like it!