Computer build for linux compatibility

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[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (25 children)

I'm not sure if the DVDRom is working or not. Plus I don't have proper space and a monitor to view it all correctly. Frustrating. Biggly.

After I get Plop working, my next project will be to give up one of my current monitors to see and use it. That's not really the tricky part. Currently I have 2 boxes, 3 if I use that old one, with 6 monitors, using one mouse and one keyboard - via "Input Director". https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Input+Director

I'll want to control the 2 Win7 boxes and the old Linux Mint from one keyboard and mouse if I can. If it all goes well, I hope to convert all the boxes to Linux Mint.

[–]Shaylee[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Is the revive a novelty project? it's possible it was never compatible, it's actually the point of my post.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I won't know until I can get the disk working.

[–]Shaylee[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good luck, you describe 10 year old hardware, i doubt they did anything for it in the meantime.

[–]Shaylee[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I've tried to revive a lot and resell, power pcs ect, not worth it for many who can run a server on a pi device instead.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Good to know. Hadn't thought of going for Pi.

It's kind of a novelty project. Making use of old gear seems noble. And a waste.

At present I only have 7 wishes:

  1. build more FreeNAS systems for all my drives

  2. build a server for decentralizing stuff, maybe VPN, Fediverse, IPFS, Holochain, torrents, etc

  3. build a router with FreeNAS, likely for downloading too

  4. build some more Linux Mint boxes

  5. open a local animation studio

  6. develop and produce my projects

  7. do it all without any income

[–]Shaylee[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You might be interested in a vps btw, they use highly effiecient servers and massive bandwidth compared to home servers. Easy to use also, since it's basically your home computer on network roids.

[–]Shaylee[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep that's my feeling when I revive old stuff. Don't worry about it though, since the population is so high we throw out truckloads of shit everyday. There is things to worry about and things you have no control over, typically I have zero to worry about besides eating.

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (17 children)

I'll want to control the 2 Win7 boxes and the old Linux Mint from one keyboard and mouse if I can.

Get a wireless keyboard with multiple output sources; that's probably the easiest way.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (16 children)

I have a Logitech MX5500

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Logitech+MX5500

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (15 children)

It's overkill, but you could program a Raspberry Pi to serve as a switchable proxy…

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (14 children)

LOL. I couldn't program it.

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

Neither could I, tbh. Give me two years and a research team and maybe. :-)

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

It can't be that hard. There's all sorts of ways to "give over controls" of your computer. I'm guessing there must be a Linux based version of something like TightVNC if I can't find a simpler app like Input Director over my LAN.

If you could modify existing open source apps to serve the masses crossing from WinXX to Linux Mint you might have a decent business if the donations rolled in.

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

I've actually got a friend who wants to do that.

It can't be that hard.

Oh no. Please, just stop now, or you'll end up mad like me. Go no further.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

It's not hard. It's soft. See? I'm poking it. That's very soft.

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

NO! Stay away! You'll fall in!