<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I’d say all you need is a removable USB drive if you’ve just got one computer you want to use.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A NUC like this would make a great NAS:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://amzn.to/3T4CdA3" class="">https://amzn.to/3T4CdA3</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Or consider buying an older 2014 or 2018 Mac Mini.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Most routers made in the past 20 years have a Type-A USB port on the back where you can plug in any USB drive and access it through the router; newer ones will xfer data much faster:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7rHH0JTEuY" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7rHH0JTEuY</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you don’t have one, go visit some thrift stores nearby. They’ve always got a bunch of older WiFi routers.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Or buy a newer one from Amazon</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
-David Schwartz<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 24, 2025, at 2:40 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" class="">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Hi,<br class=""><br class="">My Win10 laptop has a message on it that it does not qualify for Win11 and I should look into a new computer.... HAHA ... I'm putting Linux on it and will use it for years to come.<br class=""><br class="">In a past thread we talked about my needs, which I am looking at from a different angle.<br class=""><br class="">I need my computer for all the basic stuff like mail, YouTube... etc.<br class=""><br class="">Instead of buying a $2k machine I can continue to use old hardware and:<br class=""><br class="">1) Use shared hosting for dev and testing, One account and add a subdomain for each project.<br class="">2) Use Canva for making and editing videos + graphics.<br class=""><br class="">All I really need now is a NAS.<br class=""><br class="">So my old laptop with 16Gb of RAM, Intel Core i7-7500U @ 2.70GHz, 2cores/4treads, 238SSD, and 500M HD, running Linux is all I need.<br class=""><br class="">Any feedback much appreciated.<br class=""><br class="">Keith<br class="">---------------------------------------------------<br class="">PLUG-discuss mailing list: <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" class="">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br class="">To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br class=""><a href="https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" class="">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>