what to do with a server

[Cupar19]

i just setup a server running ubuntu

specs:

i3 5010u

8gb ram

500gb hdd

integrated graphics

and i have no clue what to do with it, any cool or practical uses for it

[Christophe Corazza]

Start a Minecraft server! 

[Christophe Corazza]

Why not turn it in to a media server, or something that decodes or encodes your video files, a personal NAS, something you can play around with hosting internal IIS files or a CentOS web server, email server or something you've not tried?

[Kered124]

Id personally turn it into a NAS using freeNas. You can easily play around with virtual machines on it, and the plugins such as plex are great.

[Windows7ge]

A home NAS is nice to have. Particularly if you can set it up with SFTP/SSH for remote access to all your files.

I would say you could create a VM server but 2 cores 4 threads won't get you far.

 

[Cupar19]

ok thanks guys mabye ill try a nas

 

[Pixel5]

thats the typical problem people have with servers, getting a server up and running is easy and it is the solution for many problems.

 

The thing people dont see is that it solves absolutely no problems for you if you didnt have a problem to be solved to begin with.

[Christophe Corazza]

1 hour ago, Cupar19 said:

ok thanks guys mabye ill try a nas

 

A NAS is really something that you should consider if you haven't got one already. None of my computers have files/documents stored on their drives.

I store literally everything (all my files/photos/media/etc.) on my server. That way I can always access whatever file I want, whenever I want and wherever I want (if there is internet connection off course). That has helped me quite a few times in not so nice situations.

[Christophe Corazza]

1 hour ago, Pixel5 said:

The thing people dont see is that it solves absolutely no problems for you if you didnt have a problem to be solved to begin with.

 

That's besically valid for every problem though 

[Penava]

Google MediaBrowser, imo great free option for media servers if you are aiming for that

[Pixel5]

2 hours ago, Christophe Corazza said:

 

That's besically valid for every problem though 

no, if you have a problem it makes sense to search for a solution, most people that get a server try to get a solution for a problem they dont have.

 

If someone really needs a server there is no need to ask for wat to do with it because it was build with a certain purpose in mind.

[Christophe Corazza]

21 minutes ago, Pixel5 said:

If someone really needs a server there is no need to ask for wat to do with it because it was build with a certain purpose in mind.

 

OP did not mentioned he needed a server. He had simply set one up. I do this myself as well: tinker around with hardware/software without the purpose of actually solving a problem (that I don’t have).