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I found an old notebook PC lying around and I'm wondering if it could be enough to run a few services like the arr suite, qbittorrent and pi-hole.

Here's a few specs: Cpu : Intel Celeron 1011 1.6ghz Ram : 1Gig Ethernet port

If you think it's not a total waste of time, what distro would you install?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You'll probably save money in the long run using a pi.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Your math is wrong. If the Celeron runs 65W at idle then it is consuming at minimum 1.56kWh a day, at a price of €0.20 per kWh you're looking at a minimum operating cost of €113.88 a year.

You didn't factor in that days have 24 hours, not one hour.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Woops. You are correct.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

11 years? Nevermind use the laptop for sure haha