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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12079904
> I'm using old laptop as a home server.
> But the cooling fan started to click a lot, and I'm afraid that it will stop spinning soon.
> Any ideas for how to replace the fan with something else? Preferably something that does not require electricity?
> I'm thinking about dismantling it, taking the fan out and soldering a big block of metal to the heatsink.
> How bad of an idea is that?
> Is anyone aware of any other ways of physically converting laptop into something that is more suitable for home server?
> Know of any guides or videos about something related? Please post links.
> Thank you
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/5768010
> You know [BOINC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Open_Infrastructure_for_Network_Computing), the thing where you can donate your processing power to specific computational projects?
> Is there anything like that, but for hosting platforms / services?
> Something where you could say "I am willing to dedicate this much of my CPU, RAM and storage space to this project or this group of people".
> Say that I have a server that is more or less collecting dust, and I want to make it do something productive.
> I am aware of YUNOHost and alternatives, but that still requires me to choose which things to deploy and also somehow then offer that to the community.
> As a certified lazy dude, I would much rather say "here's the computer, use it for whatever you need the most".
> The issue I see with this is that my goodwill could be abused for hosting something inappropriate or even illegal, and then I would be held responsible. So there should be some transparency requirement or some other mechanism that helps prevents this.
>
> And yes, self-hosting would not be the accurate term to describe this kind of distributed resource sharing. "croud-sourced self-hosting"? "crowd-hosting" sounds like a good description for this phenomenon.
> Some implementation of this probably already exists.
> Please provide any relevant names or links that would help me find more about this.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1235039
> https://nextcloud.com/blog/introducing-hub-5-first-to-deliver-self-hosted-ai-powered-digital-workspace/
I am aware of those two, but those are just for file storage. I was thinking something more general. Like having a Virtual Private Server, that people can extend with their donated resources. VPS can be used for more than just file storage. It can do processing as well.