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Ask HN: Ideas for a spare linux box?
I have a spare ubuntu machine lying around at home (2G RAM, Atom). What are some cool projects I can create with it? Looking to create something for my home network, preferably. Open to changes in stuff like RAM, and HDD capacity, choice of OS,...
- mike-cardwell 15y agoHome Theatre PC Public Branch Exchange (Asterisk/FreeSwitch) Network Attached Storage TOR relay BitTorrent downloader
- dangrossman 15y agoI've got a TonidoPlug (a little ARM computer running Ubuntu stuffed into a power brick) on my home network. As the sole computer that runs 24 hours a day (because I won't spend the electricity cost to run anything bigger), its jobs are: 1) "Off-site" backups of my websites and most critical databases. A nightly cron job updates svn repos, runs mysqldump to make database backups, and deletes backups more than a week old. Just a couple lines of code. 2) Streaming media server. The Tonido software (that runs on Ubuntu) includes a DLNA server to index and make available any media on the attached (2.5" USB-powered) hard drive as well as share the drive on the network. So I copy my music and other media over there and it becomes available on my TV via Google TV, my phone, and any computers on the network.
- wlesieutre 15y agoUpside-down-ternet http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html