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Thanks i was planning to put OpenWRT or DD WRT on it ditching Windows XP


What can I make out of a Old Pentium D desktop
Hello self hosters, Recently I came into possession of an old Desktop PC. Its configuration is, - Pentium D 820, 2.8 GHz dual Pentium 4 core processor, supports 64 bit. - 512 DDR 333 memory - 90GB HDD - no graphics card - 3 PCI and 1 AGP slot I was planning to put a ethernet card and use it as a router. It was to theown as garbage. Is what I am planning feasible or a good idea. Or it would be better as trash.
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You can use cockpit which is a lightweight server management software, uses extensions for increasing capabilities.




What benefits to running it as an VM rather than on bare metal.


I was doing that but I have a Windows PC on the network and have fucked up Samba too many times to be confident to do it again.


Which is better OMV or TrueNAS or Nextcloud?
I have an old x86_64 computer which I am planning to use as a NAS. Which of the 2 is a better option? Is it helpful or better to run on bare metal or as a VM on proxmox?
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