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Dammit! My LAN server is an old 32-bit only Pentium4 running Ubuntu.

• McGlockenshire 7y ago
  As noted in the article, the LTS 18.04 release will continue getting security updates for many years to come. You should retire that hardware well before then, and not just because of security issues. Those old P4s are really power hungry compared to anything made in the past decade.
  • isostatic 7y ago
    I suspet my 5-watt fitlet outperforms most P4s
    • user5994461 7y ago
      As a matter of fact it does... in battery saving mode.
    • Scuds 7y ago
      A raspberry pi will replace a P4 system, no problem. It's a waste of space and energy keeping a loud dusty P4 around.
      • acuozzo 7y ago
        > A raspberry pi will replace a P4 system, no problem. How does it compare on single core benchmarks?
        • syntheticnature 7y ago
          A bit stale on the Pi side (2015), but: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=raspberry-pi-burst&num=2 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=raspberr...
      • Newtonip 7y ago
        I'd rather have something with a SATA interface.
        • Jonnax 7y ago
          Get this since you don't need display support. https://www.pcengines.ch/apu2.htm https://www.pcengines.ch/apu2.htm
  • Newtonip 7y ago
    Your points are valid. I should replace it with something really cheap and power efficient (although at least in the winter this isn't an issue). I just have a psychological aversion to replacing something that is still fulfilling its job.
    • Crestwave 7y ago
      Will it still be fulfilling its job by 2023, though?
      • Newtonip 7y ago
        Unless the hardware breaks it should. All I need it is to run MediaWiki and Samba; I don't think the requirements for those things will change. Nevertheless, I'll get around to replacing before then.