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Reuse old server for a youth center (lemmy.world)
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Hi I'm a volunteer in a youth center. Some time ago, their organization switched to OneDrive and their old server got shelved. I thought it would be a waste to just throw it out, but I'm not sure what to do with it. It runs on an outdated system (CentOS 7, I believe), but otherwise works fine.

I have dipped my toes into Linux, but I am in no ways an expert.

So I would like to ask for ideas, suggestions or maybe just some pointers. What is a fun way to use a server for a youth center? While I'm at it, any ideas what to do with this?

Use it, donate it, sell it? I'm not trying to profit, by the way. Selling would mean to reinvest it into new equipment for the kids, whatever that may be.

I also have a bunch of Lenovo ThinkCentres and old or broken Notebooks at my disposal.

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[–] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Well, the Compaq dc7900 is like 19+/- years old. That's vintage. It would probably handle basic software as a server. If I remember correctly, the Compaq mobo had a RAM max of 8 gb.

Assuming the Lenova ThinkCenters are of the same era, again, not much you could do with them.

However, since it's a Youth Center, you could set them up with a basic Linux distro and introduce Linux to the youngsters. That might be a worthwhile project.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    They're not as old. They are M93p Tiny. Probably better suited for this kind of thing.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Probably better suited for this kind of thing

    Yeah, the Lenovo ThinkCentre M93p's would be the better option. Those are at least 12 years old, with a max RAM of 16gb, of which I can see some Lenovo RAM in the box so you'd be on your way.

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