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?

  • L3ft_F13ld!English
    3·
    6 months ago

    What advantages would this give over plain Debian or similar? I’m a total noob, so I’d love something that might help me get a little more out of my little netbook ‘server’.

    • SwissOS@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      dietPi is in fact Debian, with extra scripts to install/remove software. They also thinned it way down, so you get a working system with the bare essentials.

      • L3ft_F13ld!English
        1·
        6 months ago

        Would it be worth switching if I’m already set up on Debian?

        • SwissOS@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          6 months ago

          If you’re all set up on Debian, I don’t see the advantage of switching to another flavor of Debian, unless you have a low powered machine (low specs, not much RAM).

          • L3ft_F13ld!English
            1·
            6 months ago

            Then I’ll conseder it when I’m feeling productive. I am using an old netbook. Thanks for the answers.