Laptops make GREAT Linux Servers

I had that very same (s)TinkPad! Not bad, not good either, but not bad.

One question can i access this server if i am not connected to same wifi as the server??
Like from mobile data?

what is the minimum ram? or does ram Suze matter?

why not using casa os? does it also use containers and dcker?

Holy moly, this video is gold

Nice video, but jumped through WAY too fast for someone who doesn't already know what they are doing.

When it comes to home servers, you can pick Debian, or pick wrong

Cracking video! Very useful, thank you.

Brother ... that video gave me way more than I expected it would.
I just wanted to watch it out of curiosity and ended up actually setting up a whole ass server.
Great stuff man.
Definitely will be coming back to watch more of your stuff.

why am i getting 16gb only but not 500gb?

very frustrating. yacht keeps crashing and is unreachable after a few hours. same with jellyfin. deleting fedora and doing something else

Hi, won't the battery start to melt after non-stop usage? I read it somewhere long time ago and did my setup without it, but never actually cared that much to check :D (stable electric input)

Underrated channel. Awesome work Brandon! 👍🏾

A thousand thanks for the amazing 3 part Jellyfin guide and this follow-up guide!

I bought my daughter one of those HP netbooks. Horrible new. Sluggish even with alpine.

Hello, what to do if my web console doesn't show an ip address?

I am trying to deploy jellyfin but I get a message "Unauthorized: Signature has expired"

I kid you not, that exact model HP Netbook was my very first personal computer. It was a total piece of crap, but it was mine. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 to it as my first introduction to Linux and dang was it better than Windows 7 Starter on that puny Atom.

Dude, I've been looking at so many different home server setups, and I even have my own rpi that I have pihole on and has been operating for years. However, I had so many issues just trying to get it running as a docker container. This actually not only showed me an extremely easy way to make that work through yacht, but has also helped me see I have some laptops that I can use to test things instead of trying to virtualize my desktop! Please keep on teaching, your content is easy to follow and is invaluable!

I managed to get an old Desktop in a tiny tower 300w PSU 1 Core intel but 32GB ram and Its one job is running an Minecraft modded server "all the mods 8" up till now I've been file tranfuring via USB key because I could not get the FTP working. but this video showed me what I was missing, after hours of web searching a random video "recommended" pops up and solves it.. Thank you so much for your effort in making your video as clear as it is. some go sooo fast or skip half the steps. so TYVM
PS: I have now subbed :)

Great video. Is it possible to install a system like Odoo on a "laptop server" for an NPO with little or no funding? I like the idea if you have an unstable electricity supply that the laptop still runs until supply is restored. If so, can you make a video please.

If you run the laptop headless or console-o ly mode (not desktop) then it will use even less power

Phones are even better servers they are very efficient the battery can aldt for hours of ups backup, but you may want to remove the battery to save it from being charged too much.

Great video. Inexpensive laptop, great server setup instructions. Love it! Thanks.

Excellent video. If the laptops are of significant age, perhaps upgrade the mechanical HDD to an SSD and get better battery life and response times.

Looking for some help. I have installed fedora 37 on my old laptop and I cannot get into it through the IP provided. I'm assuming it's a port issue and I've looked around and tried a lot

Awesome 🎉🎉🎉. Thanks for great sharing!

I loved this tutorial. I am trying to run pihole on this machine but running into trouble. Do I have to connect it to another Linux computer or is there away to run it on Fedora (creating a partition, vm or another way)?

can you access the server outside the network or other settings must be done? if yes, is it secure?

I was using this guide a while back, for anyone who is using this guide I recommend using portainer instead of yacht as it has better community support although you will have to deviate from the video a little

The battery as a ups is the most killing Argument why i use an old laptop for the same reasons as my home sever ..

I wonder if this guy has done a setup video for docker for a game server for like, Minecraft or TF2...

I would think LAMP server would be of much more used than media.

Thanks for your videos. What distro would you recommend for someone wanting to explore arch, but is plug and play. Dont want to start from scratch, but would like to have a decent music player, office and be able to save as word or rtf pdf. Be able to play some old school microsoft games. And play with video editing and engineering.
Ya im kinda new to linux...

I just followed your video and installed everything as per your instructions. However, my fedora server is showing "Not secure". How can i fix this?

t450? dude, I'm dailying an x220 .
You've got GOOOD hardware that you just don't want to daily.
Send it to me instead of making up projects,
I'll pay for shipping (so long as your shipping isn't stupid)
t450? dude, I'm dallying an x220 .

oh yes i use so many old laptop as servers.... with camera for security.. battery for power outages... etc.

Excellent video ❤

Very informative , you speak clearly and calm which is easier to understand , you've given me a weekend project thanks...

Awesome! Very concise overview of the general process.

nice video. I like the use of docker images.

one thing to note, if you are leaving your laptop running 24/7 for a long time, it might be better to remove the battery, and just use the ac charger for power. These batteries some times explode or leak chemicals that can damage your laptop if they are on constant charging mode.

I just had to reinstall mine again and for my fedora 37 Shut the lid laptop I had to use sleep.conf SuspendMode set to ignore the file is in systemd folder . Hope that helps

Brandon I love your videos ! 😊

Recently started watching your videos. Some of the things that took me over 2 days to solve, you mentioned them in 10 seconds 😅 Wish I had seen these videos earlier. Extremely informative videos for beginners like me. Thank you for the efforts you put in.

Really interesting! Hopefully more videos like this one in the future :)

Nice video, thanks.

I had a 25+ year old alarm clock that needed replacing. I looked at what was available, and it was all shit compared to a simple outdated laptop. So I took my old MacBook pro from 2009, installed Arch and turned it into the most advanced alarm clock imaginable.

Mini PCs and laptops are all I have ever used. No complaints.

I just picked up a T450 for $79 plus $12 shipping from ebay :) What do you think about buying an old 2014 mac mini for linux server? Would be kinda cool with my mac mini m1 sitting on top of it.

I actually used to use a netbook with an Atom N450 (I think) as my daily carry. Admittedly I had a 2 CPU, 8 core beast at home!