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Steps to repurpose old laptop as home server with Debian (self.selfhosted)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by mfat to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I have an old ThinkPad 11e running Debian that I have repurposed into a home server. It's only supposed to run TVheadend. I don't need any other services for now, but later on i might add a few using docker.

Is it enough to set multiuser.target as default to disable gui and keep the system always on?

How can I disable all unnecessary services and minimize power usage?

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[–] TheHolm@aussie.zone 0 points 2 years ago

A4-6210 with build in GPU has TDP of 15W. There is no point to optimize anything it is seeping power already. may be try to use tlp to limit max charge level of the battery ( i'm not sure is you laptop is supported). You can play with governors too, but I personaly will not bother. You obviously need multiuser.target but not GUI.