cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/40805695
I have two machines:
- 2014 Mac Mini
- HP Pavilion g7
Mac Mini 2014:
Very slow, probably can no longer be updated, nor can it run worthwhile programs.
HP Pavilion g7
Extremely bulky, chunky, and doesn’t even turn on unless it’s plugged in. It’s basically a desktop since the battery doesn’t hold a charge.
I put Linux on it (Mint I think) a few months ago as a weekend experiment.
Question:
What should I do with them? Are they worth salvaging? Should I simply donate or recycle them?
I was thinking I could use at least one of them as a home media server or something so that I can disconnect my Smart TV from the internet, but I’m not sure if they will hold or how I would even control them from my phone (Android) if I’m sitting on the couch.
Open to all ideas. I’m somewhat technical (perhaps far less than the Lemmy community), but I don’t know much about Linux or the command line unless I’m given step by step instructions on how to do something.
With proxmox?
Nah, this was for the Mac Mini running debian itself. I haven’t had any experience running proxmox, but was just idly wondering that maybe there’s a path to get it working in there given the there was a (PITA) path for getting it working in debian.
If it has wired Ethernet, proxmox is like, a small miracle of convenience. You can slice and dice multiple machines from one. It’s litterally one for the best pieces of diy infra support I’ve ever experienced…
But you gotta be hardwired.