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I found an old notebook PC lying around and I'm wondering if it could be enough to run a few services like the arr suite, qbittorrent and pi-hole.

Here's a few specs: Cpu : Intel Celeron 1011 1.6ghz Ram : 1Gig Ethernet port

If you think it's not a total waste of time, what distro would you install?

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[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I tried with a Celeron 1 GHz. It was slower than a rpi and it sucked 65 watts at idle πŸ™ˆ

But at least can give some experience, I prefer playing the sysadmin with real hardware than a VM

[–] jelloeater85@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would look into buying a mini PC and throwing a hypervisor on it.

[–] Leax@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd like to go low cost at the beginning but thanks!

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

You can get one use for 80-100 USD and it will last you for years.

[–] huginn@feddit.it 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You'll probably save money in the long run using a pi.

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
[–] joenforcer@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Your math is wrong. If the Celeron runs 65W at idle then it is consuming at minimum 1.56kWh a day, at a price of €0.20 per kWh you're looking at a minimum operating cost of €113.88 a year.

You didn't factor in that days have 24 hours, not one hour.

[–] huginn@feddit.it -1 points 2 years ago

11 years? Nevermind use the laptop for sure haha