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I own an HP Pavillion dv6 http://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-dv6/specs/
A few years ago, my little brother threw his phone at me and broke the screen, and the computer was out of warranty at the time.
I have a new computer now (on which I type this post), but I have no idea what to do with the other computer. I used the headless install method to put arch linux on to the laptop with the broken screen, but I'm not sure what else I can do with it. It's in the same house on a wired connection, but not outside facing, so I can't use it as a seedbox or a remote proxy. Right now, all it's doing is driving up my power bill. I'd throw it away, but I hate to see computers in the trash. I can't give it to a thrift store, because the screens broken and I don't want to pay to fix it.
What are some creative things to do with a zombie laptop?
Also, I have an hp 255 notebook (http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press_kits/2013/SpringSMBNews/HP255notebook_datasheet.pdf)
that was a piece of crap when it was new in 2012. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just slow and old. I'd like to give it new life, but it works ok ish for doing everyday stuff. I get 2 fps on low settings in CS 1.6, and it takes about 4 minutes to open chrome, and another 6 minutes per tab opened.
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>>56616815
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You can turn it into either (free)nas server or yo7 can connect it to your PC and use it as htpc (home theatre PC) I see that it has vga port, just buy an adapter
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>>56618801
NAS server, yes, but what would I host on it?
I can't really make it an HTPC because the graphics card is so bad that it got 3 frames per second on a 720i mkv
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>>56618964
I genuinely don't know why people build nas servers too, I'm checking every home server thread just because curiosity
I assume people are collecting porn and movie, then just stream it to their television with plex. There isn't any point since you can watch movies directly with kodi add-ons.
I'm still defending htpc, specs doesn't look bad, try a kodi based distro when you have time, even raspberry pi and my 8 years old ideapad can easily handle 720p
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>>56619389
Never heard of Kodi. Looks pretty cool.
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>>56619389
It is to my understanding that I can just install Kodi on my already functioning Arch linux, hook that up to a real monitor, and then just use Kodi 17 to play what I store.
Next question is getting content. The last 2 times I got a letter for torrenting, I was using a VPN. I've gotta find a new one.
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