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Do you have advice as to where to find hardware to practice? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by TotallyWorthLife@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Had several old PCs over the years from relatives, but either gave them to other people or threw them to the trash because I didn't see the usefulness back then...

Right now all I have is my PC (which I guess I could put VMs on), and maybe a few phones (maybe just because they kinda are there like backup phones), which I couldn't find how to root, if these are of any use with unrooted Termux.

Do you have any advice about it? Should I start with my PC with VMs? An unrooted phone with Termux? Try to look somewhere that is gonna get rid of PCs or something? If so, where?

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Facebook marketplace has real cheap old kit. Good enough to start with. Also look at free cycle and your local thrift store. You never know when you'll find something workable.