rockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldimagemessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up1426arrow-down18
arrow-up1418arrow-down1imageAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldrockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square161fedilink
minus-squaregrumpyrico@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoyoutube is older than most of his/her machines ;)
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThe website maybe, but not the browsers and their video players… >;)
minus-squaregrumpyrico@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agobrowsers are not the only way to watch YouTube … mpv is older than most of his machines ;) but yeah - i get the point nevertheless there is a lot you can do with aged hardware - there are lots of desktops/windowmanagers which will happily run as well
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago mpv is older than most of his machines ;) As someone who first started to load programs into his computer with a cassette tape recorder, I’m aware of that. browsers are not the only way to watch YouTube Between that and apps on a phone, nothing else comes even close in the percentage of usage for viewing a video on the internet. but yeah - i get the point Thanks. ]:D
minus-squaregrumpyrico@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year ago As someone who first started to load programs into his computer with a cassette tape recorder, I’m aware of that. so you’re older than his machines as well … see - they are not that(!) old ;) :D :D i love my thinkpad x1 3rd gen and wouldn’t swap it for anything until it crumbles to dust :D
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s not so much about the age, but about the mileage.
youtube is older than most of his/her machines ;)
The website maybe, but not the browsers and their video players… >;)
browsers are not the only way to watch YouTube … mpv is older than most of his machines ;)
but yeah - i get the point
nevertheless there is a lot you can do with aged hardware - there are lots of desktops/windowmanagers which will happily run as well
As someone who first started to load programs into his computer with a cassette tape recorder, I’m aware of that.
Between that and apps on a phone, nothing else comes even close in the percentage of usage for viewing a video on the internet.
Thanks. ]:D
so you’re older than his machines as well … see - they are not that(!) old ;) :D :D
i love my thinkpad x1 3rd gen and wouldn’t swap it for anything until it crumbles to dust :D
It’s not so much about the age, but about the mileage.