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203 sats \ 5 replies \ @JesseJames 3 Nov 2023 \ on: Best Use for Old Computers bitcoin
Depends on your level of tech expertise and desire to "tinker" with stuff. I have converted a whole bunch of them into Kubernetes nodes (running Ubuntu22.04 server and microk8s).
You can use as docker servers, setup your own nextcloud instance, proxmox cluster, tons of options, etc...
To a first approximation, I don't know how to do anything. If it's sufficiently worthwhile I'll take the time to figure it out, but I'm mostly looking for low-hanging fruit here.
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Use it as a learning platform then, you have the hardware already, and you have done half of the work :-) Stuff like Kubernetes and containers, in general, is well worth learning, you can land a job if you are persistent and like it. I would encourage it. Find out what you want to learn: app development, infrastructure management, etc., and do a deep dive...
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you can land a job if you are persistent and like it
I'm sure you're right, but I'll probably stick with being a professional economist.
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Do you happen to have a guide on how to do this? I would love to find out more on how to do this with my old laptops
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Not really a guide but for starters you should check whether your hardware will actually run the new OS or not. I suggest start with ISO image burned to USB drive and boot your laptop from there, it will ask for options so pick live iso, this way it will not touch your HD unless you tell it to install full version. You basically run full OS from USB to test so it will not be fast. You can get light Ubuntu Budgie desktop to test - https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-budgie/releases/23.10.1/release/ubuntu-budgie-23.10.1-desktop-amd64.iso
It gives you kinda macos feel without apple crap...lol Then read/learn about it, learn some more (actually really read the docs, they pretty decent) and see if that's something you like...
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