Main computer: HP Omen 15 (2017) 15-ce0xx
A hand-me-down laptop from a friend of mine who was upgrading. It's fairly large, so I don't carry it around with me. There's a billion cables attached at all times anyway, so it would be a huge pain. I'd like to build my own beast of a computer someday, but it's not like I'm keeping up with any triple-A game titles these days, so what I have works fine.
Information
- OS
- Arch Linux
- CPU
- Intel i7-7700HQ
- GPU
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- Intel HD Graphics 630
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
- RAM
- 16 GB
- HDD
- HGST Travelstar 7K1000 (1TB)
- SSD
- SK Hynix Gold P31 (1TB)
Notes
- I use both the integrated and discrete GPU since I have it connected to two monitors: a Huion Kamvas display tablet and some Viewsonic monitor. The Huion is mounted to this swivel arm thingy so I can pull it from a typical monitor position down to my desk to draw on it.
- The SSD was originally a measly 120 GB boot drive, which started to fail after a while so I replaced it with a 1TB one.
Home server: Lenovo Ideapad Y50-70
My home server is also a hand-me-down laptop, this time from my family. A laptop might be an unusual choice for a server, but I like to think of it as a server with a built in UPS and monitor*, which has come in handy every now and then. It's quiet enough that I can sleep next to it daily, which is important since I live in a microscopic studio apartment.
* I later discovered the battery had become what's known as a Spicy Pillow (technical term), so that had to go.Information
- OS
- Debian Linux
- CPU
- Intel i7-4710HQ
- GPU
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- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
- Intel HD Graphics 4600
- RAM
- 16 GB
- SSD
- Patriot P210 1TB
Services
- File storage: Owncloud
- Personal wiki: Mediawiki
- Media server: Jellyfin
- Tagged image store: Szurubooru
- Minecraft server (Aug-Nov 2023: Enigmatica 6 Expert)
Notes
- The server recieved a RAM upgrade from 8 to 16 GB after I started hosting a Enigmatica 6 Expert server, which consumes a ridiculous amount of RAM. I actually don't think this is enough, especially with the other services running. I don't want to spend even more money, so I increased the swapfile to 6 GB which at least keeps it from OOMing.
- I previously used Airsonic for music, but I moved to Jellyfin to handle movies and TV also. Unfortunately, the Android app has problems playing back certain formats for unknown reasons, but the web interface seems to work fine.
Travel Computer: Lenovo Thinkpad X260 20F6005HUS
A trusty Thinkpad that's small enough to carry around. I used to have an L420 which was massive and broke my back every time I had to lug it around. Shame it doesn't have the old style keyboards which were way nicer to type on.
Information
- OS
- Arch Linux
- CPU
- Intel i5-6200U
- GPU
- Intel HD Graphics 520
- RAM
- 8 GB
- SSD
- 1TB
3D printer server: Samsung Galaxy S4 (+Ender 3)
I found an Ender 3 in the trash in my apartment building, believe it or not. It had a BL Touch bed leveling probe (incorrectly wired) and the power supply set to the wrong voltage. It hadn't been used in a long time, judging by the dust all around it. Turns out it works if you just flip the voltage switch, and swap a couple wires on the BL Touch cable.
The funny thing is, just the month before, I thought I'd get into 3D printing by getting a secondhand MP Mini Delta. So if I'd just waited a month, I wouldn't have spent all that extra for an inferior printer that I'm not using anymore.
The server that runs the Ender 3 is a Galaxy S4 with octo4a, a port of OctoPrint for Android. I used to use the phone as a daily driver, but it feels pretty sluggish now even with optimized LineageOS on it.