Christiaan Kras

Thinking about repurposing my old #PC. It’s an #Intel i7-3770 with 32GB of DDR3 800 MHz RAM (though CPU-Z reports 672.5 MHz?). Intel HD graphics 4000, my GTX 950 died. Currently running #Windows10 but should wipe it and run a #Linux distro. Oh, it has a #FireWire card for DV capture. It’s important that keeps functioning.

I wonder if adding a “new” dedicated GPU would still be worth it?

It also doesn’t help I don’t know yet what to do with it. I have my #Mac for video, photo and music…

Feb 21 at 10:38amWeb
Show threadMarkus SchwarzFeb 21

@Htbaa

install Jellyfin on it! :^)

Show threadChristiaan KrasFeb 21
@MSPaint2525 I have no need for a media server. Already run Embly (Emby?) on my NAS. It’s a full tower PC by the way and a bit too power hungry to always have powered on.
Show threadMarkus SchwarzFeb 21

@Htbaa

oh nvm then, carry on...

Show threadWilliam Weber BerruttiFeb 21
@Htbaa You can maybe self-host some services like AdGuardHome and learn about service monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana with your old PC?
Show threadChristiaan KrasFeb 21
@wwberrutti I have AdGuard on a Raspberry Pi and use Uptime Kuma and Zabbix on a dedicated VPS for monitoring :-).
Show threadCeceliaFeb 23

@Htbaa I know FireWire has been given support to 2029 (at least)—but I hope that support continues beyond then. I recently used FireWire (for external drive) on a Mac Pro using Debian recently until I could get the internal drives functional.

I’m having fun exploring and setting up a Jellyfin server.

Show threadChristiaan KrasFeb 23

@helianthropy I had just acquired the thunderbolt adapters to use on my Mac when Apple removed support in Tahoe (I’m still on Sequoia) and crippled FireWire support in Final Cut Pro. I still have a copy of the last FCP that still has full support, but have issues capturing audio… So my old PC will be used for this.

Even if after 2029 FireWire support would be gone in Linux I’m fine having the PC stuck at a certain Linux version. It’s already about 14 years old now :-).