Hey /g/ friend wanted to throw away a laptop figured I'd

Plex server.
www.plex.tv

https://askubuntu.com/questions/526082/2-usb-ports-stopped-working

>>58715661
interesting... but I live in a small apartment and I just watch movies/TV in my monitor

>>58715700
they don't work because the serial pins got bent out of place (on both USB ports)... like somone decided to shove a usb at a wrong angle and pushed the pins back....I tried to use tweezers to align them back... snapped 1 pin from 1 of the port, the other 1 still refuses to work.

I will have to disassemble and replace the ports myself...but that's too much work for something so old... it's a Vaio SVP13213CYB

>>58715573
if the ethernet still works you can install pi-hole to get rid of ads on everything connected to your network.

https://pi-hole.net/

>>58715928
no Ethernet port sadly...but I do have a ethernet-usb plug...once I/if I get the damn USB working....

>>58715573
>no working USB ports

wait, how did you install Ubuntu on there ?

>>58715573
what's the brand / model faggot

Pay a poo in loo to fix the USB ports for next to nothing

>>58715573
PCMCIA/PC-CARD USB?

>>58717277
He could boot iso from LAN, anon.

>>58717277
It could have been installed before the ports broke. Might explain why his friend wanted to throw it out

https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Sony_Vaio_Pro_13
doesn't look too old, since it has a m.2 ssd slot.

no onboard LAN is a bummer.
you could get a docking station and use usb that way.

or install a new OS from the memory card slot.