What to do with old hardware

[Eric Oyen]

Well, if you want to use a cluster, try installing open_CL. This will allow you to create a cluster for computational intensive tasks (like password cracking, set at home, etc.). You may also use one of those laptops as a basic router with wi-fi capability. It will most certainly be far more powerful than an equivalent router given it’s CPU and memory availability.

-Eric
From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Hardware Infrastructure support Dept.


> On Dec 18, 2019, at 8:37 AM, Seabass <PrivateSeaBass at pm.me> wrote:
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>>  Today I realized that I have many computers that are stored in too many 
>> location around the house.
>> I pick up many laptops and computers from around the place, but I have 
>> just hit the point of realizing "I can't actually use all this...."
>> So unless somebody knows how I can use all these and turn it into a 
>> beowolf cluster or something:
>> 
>> What do you guys like to do with old hardware, some of which isn't easily made into Linux (mostly laptops)?
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