I've been using my old and decommissioned laptops as home servers for ages,
largely because I live in space-limited NYC. My current one is connected to
a pair of USB drives, and is wired to my printer and home stereo. I run
Windows because I find it more convenient. I share folders (on the external
USB drives), and use Remote Desktop to run various apps that I want to
execute on the laptop.
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From: "David Ross" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 9:03 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [Thinkpad] Using TP as a wireless print server/NAS
Like many on this list I have several ThinkPads of various vintages lying
around the house. Since my old wireless print server died, I would like
to turn one of the machines, an X30, into a dedicated print server, and
possibly NAS device (I have several USB drives). So, two questions: (1)
Does anyone have software suggestions for this? It can run under any OS
that will run on the X30, and should be willing to serve to both Windows
and Linux. (2) Can anyone see any problem with running the X30 24/7 with
the screen off in a well-ventilated space? I think I can underclock the
CPU.
David
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